Ephesians 3:15
from whom every family in heaven and on earth receiveth its name,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
In Context
14For this cause I bend my knees to the Father,
Cross References
Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen, And the Lord Jehovah shall slay you; But his servants will he call by another name.
Acts 11:26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Ephesians 1:21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;
Colossians 1:20having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.
Revelation 3:12He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall nevermore go out; 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 Gods and I will write upon him my new name.
Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons 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 →