Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Ephesians 1:16
εὐχαριστῶν. As Robinson points out (p. 279 note), fresh illustrations of this use of the word as of μνείαν ποιούμενος are to be found in the papyri.
εὐχαριστῶν. As Robinson points out (p. 279 note), fresh illustrations of this use of the word as of μνείαν ποιούμενος are to be found in the papyri.
Verse 16. _CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS_] The apostle intimates, so fully satisfied was he of the genuineness of their conversion, and of their steadiness since their conversion, that it was to him a cont...
CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU - In the prosperity of the church at Ephesus he could not but feel the deepest interest, and their welfare he never forgot. MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS - Paul...
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 ...
A PARAGRAPH OF PRAYER. The writer, who has been informed (by letter?) of the Christian faith and love of his correspondents, reciprocates their thanksgiving and prayers (Ephesians 1:15 f.); he beseech...
THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
It is because I have heard of your faith in Jesus Christ, and your love to all God's consecrated people, that I never cease to give thanks for you, as I remember you in my prayers. It is the aim of my...
GIVE THANKS. Greek. _eucharisteo._ First occurance: Matthew 15:36. With its noun and adjective occuring fifty-five times (thirty-eight in Paul's Epp.) See App-10. MAKING MENTION, &C. See Romans 1:9. I...
Prayer, that the Saints may fully realize their Divine privileges and prospects in Christ 15. _Wherefore_, &c.. The Apostle now passes from the adoring view of Divine Redemption to prayer that its tre...
_cease not_, &c. For similar thanksgivings cp. Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4; Philippians 1:3; Col 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1
ΠΑΎΟΜΑΙ _praes. ind. med._ (ΠΑΎΩ) (G3973) прекращать, ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить. Part, как дополнение при основном гл. ΜΝΕΊΑ (G3417) память, ΠΟΙΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes....
DISCOURSE: 2095 THE SPIRIT’S INFLUENCES AS A SPIRIT OF WISDOM Ephesians 1:15. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks fo...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:15-23) B. Paul's prayer for his readers-' enlightenment. Ephesians 1:15-23. 1. Basis of the prayer. Ephesians 1:15. a. The
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; OF YOU (so G f g, Vulgate: omitted in 'Aleph (') A B Delta). Then translate as English version, not as Alford, 'making mentio...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS. — Almost all St. Paul’s Epistles are introduced by this union of thanksgiving and prayer, which is, indeed, characteristic of the...
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...
CHAPTER 5 FOR THE EYES OF THE HEART Ephesians 1:15 "BECAUSE of this": because you have heard the glad tidings, and believing it have been sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). "I too": I you...
SECOND SECTION OF THE EPISTLE: in which the writer expresses his own feelings and desires towards the Ephesians, and in doing so leads them to the highest conception both of Christ's own supremacy and...
οὐ παύομαι εὐχαριστῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν : _cease not to give thanks for you_. The παύομαι is most naturally connected with the nearer participle. There is no reason why the remoter participle should be made t...
WHAT THE HEART MAY RECEIVE Ephesians 1:15 It is well to go over the successive links of this golden chain when we are in our secret chamber, appropriating them one by one and asking whether we have r...
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...
Reason For Thanksgiving We have already seen that Paul worked among them and so knew of them firsthand. Perhaps he had not seen any of them since he saw the elders when he called them to Miletus (Acts...
(15) В¶ Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, (16) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; (17) That the God of...
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...
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...
16._Making mention of you. _To thanksgiving, as his custom is, he adds prayer, in order to excite them to additional progress. It was necessary that the Ephesians should understand that they had enter...
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,...
CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU,.... On account of their faith and love; which were gifts of grace bestowed upon them, and not the produce of their own free will and power; and therefore thanks are g...
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; Ver. 16. _Making mention of you_] Whether a minister shall do more good to others by his prayers or preaching, I will not determ...
_Wherefore, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus_ That is, of your perseverance and increase therein. For the apostle's manner of speaking does not imply that he received by report an account...
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...
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...
“CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS” “Cease not”: “Paul had left Ephesus for the last time around A.D. 57, and as he writes this epistle from Roman imprisonment, fi...
15-23 God has laid up spiritual blessings for us in his Son the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and fetch them in by prayer. Even the best Christians need to be prayed for: and while we...
CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU; for your faith and love, and all the spiritual blessings God hath bestowed upon you. MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS; I not only acknowledge what ye have received...
Ephesians 1:16 not G3756 cease G3973 (G5731) thanks G2168 (G5723) for G5228 you G5216 making G4160 ...
‘For this reason I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that is among you, and which you show towards all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my pray...
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...
2. _Thanksgiving and Supplication for the Church as the Body of Christ, who is the Head._ The Apostle naturally passes from praise to thanksgiving, on behalf of the Church, which as naturally becomes...
Ephesians 1:16. CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR YOU. Eadie: ‘As one giving thanks I cease not.' In the O. T. confession precedes thanksgiving, but the Apostle almost invariably begins his Epistles with t...
I DO NOT CEASE (ου παυομα). Singular present middle, while in Colossians 1:9 Paul uses the plural (literary, or including Timothy), ου παυομεθα....
Ephesians 1:15 The Illumination of the Spirit. I. The Apostle's prayer raises the whole group of questions which are connected with the two great words "inspiration" and "revelation." These words rep...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
GIVING THANKS. Paul always praises God for the faith of sincere Christians!!!...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:15 Paul’s Prayer of Thanksgiving. This section, like vv. Ephesians 1:3, is a single sentence in the original Greek. Paul prays that th
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:16 DO NOT CEASE... IN MY PRAYERS. See note on 6:18. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 1:15.—St. Paul is always ready to give a prompt acknowledgment of all that is best in his readers and to pray for something better. CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION. EPHESIANS 1:1...
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...
1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17;...
Making mention, etc. As I make mention. The same expression occurs Romans 1:9; Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:4....
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN EPHESIANS Ephesians 1:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are distinct lines of teaching relative to the Holy Spirit in several of Paul's Epistles. The Book of Ephesians has seven outstan...
A PRAYER FOR CONVERTS Ephesians 1:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I want you to allow me to divide up this prayer for you, so that you may be able to get a bird's-eye view of it all at once. 1. We have two...
I cease not — In all my solemn addresses to God. To give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers — So he did of all the churches, Colossians 1:9....