Ephesians 1:1
aPAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to bthe saints which are at cEphesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, τοῖς ἁγίοις τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ καὶ πιστοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
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a:
Acts 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Romans 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
1 Corinthians 15:8-15:10 8. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Galatians 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
b:
Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
1 Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
1 Thessalonians 1:1 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
c:
Ephesians Chapter 1
Eph 1:1,2 After saluting the Ephesians,
Eph 1:3-6 Paul blesseth God for his spiritual blessings on
those whom he had chosen in Christ, and predestinated
to the adoption of children,
Eph 1:7-10 for our redemption by his grace, according to his
revealed purpose of gathering together all in one
under Christ,
Eph 1:11,12 for the inhertance already obtained by those who
first trusted in Christ,
Eph 1:13,14 and for the Spirit given to after believers, as an
earnest of the same.
Eph 1:15-19 He declareth his continual thankfulness to God for
their faith, and his prayers that God would perfect
them in the knowledge of those things which concerned
their state in Christ,
Eph 1:20-23 whom God had raised up, and exalted to be the supreme
Head of his body the church.
this may be understood either:
1. By way of restriction, of those that are sincere and constant to Christ, and so not only saints by profession, but true to their profession; or rather:
2. By way of explication: he defines those saints he spake of, and calls them faithful in Christ here, whom he called saints before.
the Author and Fountain of that holiness which denominates them saints.