15 For this reason I too, (A)having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and [a]your love for (B)all the [b]saints, 16 (C)do not cease giving thanks for you, (D)while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the (E)God of our Lord Jesus Christ, (F)the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of (G)wisdom and of (H)revelation in the [c]knowledge of Him. 18 I pray that (I)the eyes of your heart [d]may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the (J)hope of His (K)calling, what are (L)the riches of the glory of (M)His inheritance in (N)the [e]saints, 19 and what is the [f]boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. (O)These are in accordance with the working of the (P)strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He (Q)raised Him from the dead and (R)seated Him at His right hand in (S)the heavenly places, 21 far above (T)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every (U)name that is named, not only in (V)this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He (W)put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him (X)head over all things to the church, 23 which is His (Y)body, the (Z)fullness of Him who (AA)fills (AB)all in all.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:15 Three early mss do not contain your love
  2. Ephesians 1:15 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  3. Ephesians 1:17 Or true knowledge
  4. Ephesians 1:18 Lit having been
  5. Ephesians 1:18 See note 2 v 15
  6. Ephesians 1:19 Lit surpassing

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

15 Because of this I also, hearing of your faith[a] in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father[b],[c] may give you a spirit of wisdom[d] and revelation in the knowledge of him 18 (the eyes of your hearts having been enlightened), so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength 20 which he has worked[e] in Christ, raising[f] him from the dead and seating him[g] at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one, 22 and he subjected all things under his feet[h] and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:15 Literally “the according to you faith”
  2. Ephesians 1:17 Literally “the Father of glory”
  3. Ephesians 1:17 *Here “glorious” is an attributive genitive
  4. Ephesians 1:17 Or “spiritual wisdom” (with “wisdom” is an attributive genitive)
  5. Ephesians 1:20 Some manuscripts have “he worked”
  6. Ephesians 1:20 These participles are either means (“by raising … and seating”) or temporal (“when he raised … and seated”)
  7. Ephesians 1:20 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Ephesians 1:22 An allusion to Ps 8:6