Ephesians 3:15

From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

In Context

14For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

16That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

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Cross References

Acts 11:26And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

Ephesians 1:21Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

Colossians 1:20Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

Revelation 3:12Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

Revelation 7:4And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 3:15-21

The Apostle's Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of… Read the whole commentary →

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