Ephesians 3:15
from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
In Context
14For this reason, on bended knee I beseech the Father,
Cross References
Acts 11:26He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of `Christians.'
Ephesians 1:21high 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.
Colossians 1:20And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.
Revelation 3:12"`He who overcomes--I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he shall never go out from it again. And I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which is to come down out of Heaven from My God, and My own new name.
Revelation 7:4When the sealing was finished, I heard how many were sealed out of the tribes of the descendants of Israel. They were 144,000.
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 →