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Verse 8. _WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED_] That is, in the dispensation of
mercy and goodness by Christ Jesus.
_IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE_] Giving us apostles the most complete
instructions in heavenly t...
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WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED - Which he has liberally manifested to us
This grace has not been stinted and confined, but has been liberal and
abundant.
IN ALL WISDOM - That is, he has evinced great wisdom...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE MASTERWORK OF GOD (1-3)
1. The Godhead at Work
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Ephesians 1:1)_
2. The great doxology (Ephesians 1:3)
3. The work of the Father ...
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A PARAGRAPH OF PRAISE. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual
riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Chris...
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For it is in him that we have a deliverance which cost his life; in
him we have received the forgiveness of sins, which only the wealth of
his grace could give, a grace which he gave us in abundant su...
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THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the
will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who
are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace from Go...
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HATH. Omit.
TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
PRUDENCE. Greek. _phronesis._ Only here and Luke 1:17....
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Ascription of Praise, in view of the Election and Redemption of the
Saints
3. _Blessed_be _the God_, &c. The same Benediction occurs (verbatim in
the Greek, nearly so in A. V.), 2 Corinthians 1:3; 1 P...
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_Wherein he hath abounded_ Better, probably, WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND;
at the time of manifestation and impartation, the great crisis of the
Gospel proclamation. This time-reference is fixed by the nex...
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Ephesians 1:3-14. AN ASCRIPTION OF BLESSING TO GOD
The Epistle opens with an act of adoration in view of the eternal
purpose of God now made known to men. The stages in the revelation of
that purpose...
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ἯΣ ἘΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΣΕΝ, attr. for ἣν ἐπ.
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ is transitive as in 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2
Corinthians 9:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:12 This construction is peculiar to
St Paul in the Greek Bible....
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1–14.
The title in its earliest form is simplest: πρὸς
Ἐφεσίους (אABK); with ἄρχεται prefixed (DEFG). The
fuller title (τοῦ ἁγίου� L) Παύλου
ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἐφεσίους occurs in LP....
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ΗΣ (G3739), _см._ Ephesians 1:6. _Gen._ по аттракции,
вместо асс; таким образом, это
дополнение следующего гл.
ΈΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ
(G4052) переливать через край,
изобиловать,
Φ...
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DISCOURSE: 2092
THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY
Ephesians 1:3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly plac...
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DISCOURSE: 2093
THE WISDOM OF GOD IN REDEMPTION
Ephesians 1:7. _In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he
hath abounded t...
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IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE,— Having, with infinite wisdom, contrived
a wayto glorify _all his attributes_ in the salvation of men,—even
_those_ who seemed to have themost different claims; dispensing...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:1-14)
Greeting; Ephesians 1:1-2.
1.
By Paul. Ephesians 1:1.
2.
To the saints at Ephesus.
3.
To the faithful in Christ Jesus....
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Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Ellicott, 'Which He made to abound toward us' [ hees (G3757)
eperisseusen (G4052)]: the transitive is the more common meaning.
ALL WI...
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1 The title "Christ Jesus" is the token of His exaltation; "Jesus
Christ" refers us to His humiliation. "Christ Jesus" is used by Paul,
especially in his later ministries. The words "in Ephesus" seem...
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THANKSGIVING FOR BLESSINGS AND PRAYER FOR WISDOM
1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to
Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled
with St. Paul...
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WISDOM AND PRUDENCE] These are the fruits of God's grace in us;
insight into His counsels and consequent wise conduct: in all = in
giving us all, etc....
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
The *apostle Paul wrote this letter when he was in a prison in Rome.
He wrote it to people i...
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[1.
Introduction to the Epistle (Ephesians 1:1).
(1) SALUTATION (Ephesians 1:1).
(2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR —
(_a_)
_The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the
predestinating...
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WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE. — It
should be, _which He made to overflow to us in all wisdom and
prudence_ — the word “overflow” having an emphasis which our
word “abo...
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CHAPTER 2
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE
Ephesians 1:3
WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory
Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3 is one of
the most sublime...
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CHAPTER 3
THE BESTOWMENT OF GRACE
Ephesians 1:6
THE blessedness of men in Christ is not matter of purpose only, but of
reality and experience. With the word grace in the middle of the sixth
verse th...
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DOXOLOGY, OR ASCRIPTION OF PRAISE TO GOD FOR THE BLESSINGS OF HIS LOVE
AND GRACE. This extends over six verses, in one magnificent sentence
intricately yet skilfully constructed, throbbing in each cla...
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ἦς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς : _which he made to
abound towards us_. Both in profane and Biblical Greek
περισσεύειν is usually intrans. It is so used in the vast
majority of cases in the Pauline Epistles...
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OUR RICHES IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:1
This has been called the “Epistle of _In-ness,_ ”because it is so
full of the preposition _in. Saints_ are flesh and blood like
ourselves, and _we_ may be saints. T...
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The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium
for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are
described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." Th...
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Redeemed
A redemption price is paid to buy something back. As Lipscomb says, in
this case it is to rescue from bondage to the devil. It is in Christ
and through his blood particularly, that we find re...
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(12) (k) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in (l) all wisdom and
prudence;
(12) Now he comes at length to the formal cause, that is to say, to
vocation or preaching of the Gospel, by which God execu...
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As by his eternal decree, according to the _purpose of his good will
and pleasure, he hath made choice of us to be his adoptive sons, and
predestinated us to be saved and glorified by the merits and g...
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_In all wisdom and prudence; which may be either referred to the
wisdom and prudence of God, the giver of grace, or to the gifts of
wisdom and prudence bestowed upon the elect. (Witham)_...
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(8) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; (9)
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
In those ver...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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The Chosen
I. INTRODUCTION
A. A Little History!
1. Written approx. 61 AD by the Apostle Paul during his Roman
imprisonment.
2. There are several indications that this was a "circular" letter
writt...
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8._In all wisdom. _He now comes to the formal cause, the preaching of
the gospel, by which the goodness of God _overflows upon us. _(113) It
is through faith that we receive Christ, by whom we come to...
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ, having chosen us
in Him. Chapter 1 unfolds (Ephesians 1:4-7) these blessings,...
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WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US,.... That is, in the grace which is
so abundantly displayed in redemption and forgiveness of sin, through
the blood of Christ:
IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE; this may...
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_In_, or by, _whom we have redemption_ By price and by power, are
bought and delivered from the guilt and dominion of sin, the tyranny
of Satan, and the final displeasure and wrath of God. _Through hi...
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IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE; in the bestowal upon us of all wisdom and
understanding in spiritual things, as he goes on to show in the next
verse. Others refer these words to God's wisdom and prudence...
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The manifestation of God's grace according to His counsel:...
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WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE;...
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SALUTATION
(vs.1-2)
As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an
authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by
the will of God." Nothing of his own or of any...
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CHAPTER 1
The author of this letter is ___________. He is an apostle. The word
apostle means ____________________. He states that he is not an
apostle by his own choice. He is an apostle by the will o...
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“WHICH HE MADE TO ABOUND TOWARD US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE”
“Which”: The riches of His grace just mentioned. “HE MADE”:
God took the initiative. “ABOUND TOWARD US”: “Which He lavished
upon us” (NA...
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3-8 Spiritual and heavenly blessings are the best blessings; with
which we cannot be miserable, and without which we cannot but be so.
This was from the choice of them in Christ, before the foundatio...
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WHEREIN, in which grace before mentioned, HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARD US;
i.e. out of abundance of grace in himself, (called _riches of grace,_
EPHESIANS 1:7), he hath bestowed upon us wisdom and prudence...
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Ephesians 1:8 which G3739 abound G4052 (G5656) toward G1519 us G2248
in G1722 all G3956 wisdom G4678 and...
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‘In whom we have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of our trespasses. According to the riches of His grace which he made
to abound towards us in all wisdom and prudence.'
And it has al...
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Ephesians 1:8. WHICH HE CAUSED TO ABOUND TOWARD (lit, ‘into') US.
‘Which' is preferable to ‘wherein,' or, ‘wherewith'; the grace
itself was made to flow abundantly to us, in fact into us as the
subjec...
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I. THE CHURCH CHOSEN IN CHRIST, THE HEAD OF THE BODY.
This chapter is made up of two parts: the _first_ (Ephesians 1:3-14),
an ascription of praise for spiritual blessings in Christ; the
_second_ (Eph...
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I. _Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ._
Ephesians 1:3-14 form but one sentence, so heaped up in thought and so
involved in construction as to well-nigh baffle all attempts at exact
analysis. Th...
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ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE
(κατα το πλουτος της χαριτος αυτου). A
thoroughly Pauline phrase, riches of kindness (Romans 2:4), riches of
glory (Colossians 1:27; Ephesians 3:16;...
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Ephesians 1:5
The Final Restoration of all Things.
There are several passages in the New Testament and this is one of
them which make it clear that the Divine mercy is ultimately to
achieve a complet...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_
He was not made an apostle by man, neither did he take the office upon
himself, but he was made an apostle by the will of God.
E...
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Ephesians 1:1. _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: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _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: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _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: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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We frequently read this chapter and the whole of this Epistle because
it has been well remarked that the Epistle to the Ephesians is a body
of divinity in miniature. Here all the great doctrines of th...
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The Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete Body of Divinity. In the
first chapter you have the doctrines of the gospel; in the next, you
have the experience of the Christians; and before the Epistle i...
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In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of
believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:1. Paul, an apo...
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CONTENTS: Believer's position in grace. The prayer for knowledge and
power.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The believer is vitally united to Jesus Christ by the
indwelling S...
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Ephesians 1:4. _According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame
before him in_ _love._ What words of consolation! The full soul of t...
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IN SUCH LARGE MEASURE! "Rather than only revealing his secret to a
very few, God gave us his grace in a measure beyond our
imagination!!!" Compare 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 4:18 and notes....
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_Wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence._
GOD’S GRACE IN REDEMPTION
I. From the words before us, the first observation we would make is
that the grace of God in redemption is a...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:3 In the original Greek, this section
is one long, elegant sentence. Paul shows that the triune God began
and completed reconciliation and redemption of the world for the...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:1 Introduction. Paul greets the
believers in Ephesus (vv. Ephesians 1:1) and offers praise to God (vv....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 1:3. BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER.—The Hebrew form for
“hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The
Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gives, “...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.
EPHESIANS 1:1...
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Let's turn in our Bibles to Ephesians.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1),
Now, if you were writing this epistle, take out the name Paul, and
insert your name and the...
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1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Colossians 2:3; Daniel 2:20;...
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Wherein He hath abounded [η ς ε π ε ρ ι σ σ ε υ σ ε ν].
Rev., correctly, which He made to abound. The verb is used both
transitively and intransitively in the New Testament. The transitive
use belongs...
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CHRIST THE ALL IN ALL
Ephesians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the
Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of
Christ,...
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In all wisdom — Manifested by God in the whole scheme of our
salvation. And prudence — Which be hath wrought in us, that we may
know and do all his acceptable and perfect will....
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That is, in which dispensation of his, namely, our redemption from sin
and wrath by the blood of his Son, God the Father hath discovered
abundant wisdom, wonderful wisdom, riches of divine wisdom, to...