Eph. 2:6. "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." The meaning is not, hath made us sit together with one another, but together with Christ; as it is said in the foregoing verse, "He hath quickened us _together with Christ_," as the Apostle goes... [ Continue Reading ]
Eph. 2:7. "That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus." Intimating that this was not made known in ages past, but in a great measure kept hid, as it is said in the next chapter, at the 5th verse, which in other ages was no... [ Continue Reading ]
Eph. 2:12. "That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world." The first of these things here mentioned is the foundation of all the rest that follow. A being without Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
Eph. 2:19-22 Eph. 2:19-22. "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward, etc. - According to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ Jesus, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in heavenly places, far above all principality and power... [ Continue Reading ]