Ephesians 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 3:12

In whom we have our boldness and access. παῤῥησία literally means "boldness" or "freedom of speech ," but is used here in a more ample sense for want of restraint, ease of feeling, comfortable self-possession, in our access to God. Contrast with Adam hiding himself among the trees of the garden, and the lost calling on the mountains to fall on them, and the rocks to cover them. The "we" in this verse includes both Jews and Gentiles. The "access," or introduction (see Ephesians 2:18... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 3:12

The new spirit of a approach to God. As the effect of the work of redemption, we stand in a new relation to God, which entitles us to a continuous access to him, free, unrestricted, and confiding. 1. WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS TO GOD . There is an open, intrepid speaking which springs from a mind confident in itself and strong in the justice of the cause it espouses; but the freedom of speech here referred to is based upon a true appreciation of our relation to Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 3:12

Christian boldness. I. BOLDNESS IS A CHRISTIAN GRACE . The gospel destroys the gloomy old religions of terror. It dispels even the natural fear of guilty souls in the presence of the holy God. It brings liberty and courage. It is essentially the manly faith of the world's adult age. II. THIS BOLDNESS IS MANIFEST IN OUR CONFIDENT ACCESS TO GOD . The Christian is not to approach God under the circumstances which made the courageous entrance of Queen Esther... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:12

We have boldness - The word used here - παῤῥησίαν parrēsian - means, properly, boldness of speaking; 2 Corinthians 7:4; John 7:26; Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:31. Here it seems to mean “freedom of utterance;” and the idea is, that we may come to God now in prayer with confidence through the Lord Jesus; see Hebrews 4:16.And access - see notes Ephesians 2:18.By the faith of him - By faith in him. The sense is, that we may now come confidently and boldly to the throne of grace for mercy in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:10-12

Ephesians 3:10-12. To the intent that now Under the gospel dispensation, the last and best dispensation of divine grace and mercy to fallen man; unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places To all the various orders of angelic beings; might be made known by the church Namely, by what is done in and for it; the manifold wisdom of God Discovering itself gradually in such a beautiful and well-ordered variety of dispensations. By this the apostle seems to intimate that the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

God’s wisdom and love displayed (3:1-21)It was because Paul had taken the gospel to the Gentiles that he was imprisoned in the first place (Acts 21:27-36). Yet he feels humbled to think that God should graciously choose him for such a noble work (3:1-2). As a Jew he was once proud of his belief that only Jews were God’s people. Even if some of the ‘far off’ Gentiles believed in God, they were still not God’s covenant people in the sense that Jews were. Now God’s special revelation shows Paul... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:12

access . See Ephesians 2:18 . with . Greek. en. App-104 . confidence = confident assurance. See 2 Corinthians 1:15 . faith . App-150 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:12

In whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.This verse mistranslates the last phrase which should follow the English Revised Version (1885) margin and read "through the faith of him," that is, through the faith of Christ, meaning the faith Christ himself possessed and demonstrated. Justification as accomplished, not by sinner's faith, but by the perfect faith and obedience of the Son of God is a subject that has been treated somewhat in depth in the commentaries... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:12

Ephesians 3:12. In whom we have boldness, &c.— "Through whom we have freedom of speech in our approaches to the throne of grace, and have access with confidence of being heard, as being assured of audience and acceptance, through faith in him." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:12

12. Translate, "our boldness and our access ( :-) in confidence through our faith in Him." ALFORD quotes as an instance, Romans 8:38, &c. "THE access" (Greek) implies the formal introduction into the presence of a monarch. read more

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