Ephesians 3:15
Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
In Context
14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Isaiah 65:15And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.
Acts 11:26And they conversed there in the church a whole year; and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.
Ephesians 1:21Above all principality, and power, and virtue, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
Colossians 1:20And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth, and the things that are in heaven.
Revelation 3:12He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of them that were signed, an hundred forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children 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 →