Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:11To Thee, O Jehovah, [is] the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, [is] the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;
Psalms 24:10Who [is] He — this 'king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts — He [is] the king of glory! Selah.
Proverbs 2:5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
Jeremiah 24:7And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I [am] Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart.
Daniel 2:28but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which [is] to be in the latter end of the days. 'Thy dream and the visions of thy head on 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 →