Ephesians 1:17
That, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal knowledge of him,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention in my prayers,
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,—thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,—as chief;
Psalms 24:10Who then is the king of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He, is the king of glory. [Selah.]
Proverbs 2:5Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!
Jeremiah 24:7and will give them a heart to know, me, that, I, am Yahweh, So shall they become my people, And, I, will become their God; for they will return unto me with all their heart.
Daniel 2:28but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:—
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:16-23
The Apostle's Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,… Read the whole commentary →