Ephesians 3:15
from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
In Context
14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Acts 11:26And they assembled in the church a whole year, and taught much people: and the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Ephesians 1:21far 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:
Colossians 1:20and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by Him only, whether they be things on earth, or things in heaven.
Revelation 3:12Him, that overcometh, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: 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 God,) and my own new name.
Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those that were sealed; and there were an hundred forty and four thousand sealed out of all the tribes 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 →