Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good-news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12For us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ.
Cross References
Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions.
Luke 11:13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
John 1:17Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,
John 15:26But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
Acts 1:4And being assembled together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye heard from me.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:4-15
Praise for Spiritual Blessings. ( a. d. 61.) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us… Read the whole commentary →