New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 1:15-23

15For this reason I too, 1having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and 2your love for 3all the 4saints,

16 5do not cease giving thanks for you, 6while making mention of you in my prayers;

17that the 7God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of 9wisdom and of 10revelation in the 11knowledge of Him.

18I pray that 12the eyes of your heart 13may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the 14hope of His 15calling, what are 16the riches of the glory of 17His inheritance in 18the 19saints,

19and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. 20These are in accordance with the working of the 21strength of His might

20which He brought about in Christ, when He 22raised Him from the dead and 23seated Him at His right hand in 24the heavenly places,

21far above 25all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every 26name that is named, not only in 27this age but also in the one to come.

22And He 28put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as 29head over all things to the church,

23which is His 30body, the 31fullness of Him who 32fills 33all in all.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 1:15 Col 1:4; Philem 5 ↩
2. Ephesians 1:15 Three early mss do not contain your love ↩
3. Ephesians 1:15 Eph 1:1; 3:18 ↩
4. Ephesians 1:15 V 1, note 2 ↩
5. Ephesians 1:16 Rom 1:8f; Col 1:9 ↩
6. Ephesians 1:16 Rom 1:9 ↩
7. Ephesians 1:17 John 20:17; Rom 15:6 ↩
8. Ephesians 1:17 Acts 7:2; 1 Cor 2:8 ↩
9. Ephesians 1:17 Col 1:9 ↩
10. Ephesians 1:17 1 Cor 14:6 ↩
11. Ephesians 1:17 Or true knowledge ↩
12. Ephesians 1:18 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6; Heb 6:4 ↩
13. Ephesians 1:18 Lit being ↩
14. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 4:4 ↩
15. Ephesians 1:18 Rom 11:29 ↩
16. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 1:7 ↩
17. Ephesians 1:18 Eph 1:11 ↩
18. Ephesians 1:18 Col 1:12 ↩
19. Ephesians 1:18 Or holy ones ↩
20. Ephesians 1:19 Eph 3:7; Col 1:29 ↩
21. Ephesians 1:19 Eph 6:10 ↩
22. Ephesians 1:20 Acts 2:24 ↩
23. Ephesians 1:20 Mark 16:19 ↩
24. Ephesians 1:20 Eph 1:3 ↩
25. Ephesians 1:21 Matt 28:18; Col 1:16 ↩
26. Ephesians 1:21 Phil 2:9; Rev 19:12 ↩
27. Ephesians 1:21 Matt 12:32 ↩
28. Ephesians 1:22 Ps 8:6; 1 Cor 15:27 ↩
29. Ephesians 1:22 1 Cor 11:3; Eph 4:15; Col 1:18 ↩
30. Ephesians 1:23 1 Cor 12:27; Eph 4:12; Col 1:18, 24 ↩
31. Ephesians 1:23 John 1:16; Eph 3:19 ↩
32. Ephesians 1:23 Eph 4:10 ↩
33. Ephesians 1:23 Col 3:11 ↩

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