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Ephesians 1:15–23

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Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

15Because of this I also, hearing of your faithd in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention in my prayers, 17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Fathere,* may give you a spirit of wisdom* 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, 19and what is the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength 20which he has workedf in Christ, raising* him from the dead and seating him* at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one, 22and he subjected all things under his feetg and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.

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Ephesians 1:18: … having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints …

Footnotes

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