Ephesians 1:21

high above all other government and authority and power and dominion, and every title of sovereignty used either in this Age or in the Age to come.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

In Context

20when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,

22God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:32And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness."

Matthew 28:18Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.

Acts 4:12And in no other is the great salvation to be found; for, in fact, there is no second name under Heaven that has been given among men through which we are to be saved."

Ephesians 3:10concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of God's wisdom.

Philippians 2:9It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,

Colossians 2:10and He is the Lord of all princes and rulers.

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 →

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