Ephesians 3:15
from whom every fatherhood in heaven and earth is named,
Montgomery New Testament
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 before the Father,
Cross References
Acts 11:26and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."
Ephesians 1:21far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come.
Colossians 1:20and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.
Revelation 3:12He that overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out from it nevermore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out 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 →