Ephesians 2:7

that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

In Context

6and raised us up, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus;

8For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

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Cross References

Ephesians 2:4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 3:21to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all the generations of the age of ages. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:16But for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all long-suffering, for an example to those who might afterward believe on him in order to life eternal.

1 Peter 1:12to whom it was revealed, that, not for themselves, but for us, they ministered the things that are now preached to you by those who have made known to you the gospel, through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; into which things angels desire to look.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:5-11

The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. ( a. d. 61.) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is… Read the whole commentary →

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