Ephesians 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Ye also

Ephesians 2:11

Colossians 1:21

1 Peter 2:10

After that ye heard

Ye were

Holy

General references

Matthew 12:21

Bible References

Ye also

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions.

Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.

After that ye heard

assuming you heard about Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus.

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

Ye were

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith

while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

He has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His,

and

Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God rise up from the east. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered to harm the earth and the sea:

Holy

After this

I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered

from on high.”

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.

“When the Counselor comes, the One I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send Him to you.

While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me;

On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.

General references

The nations will put their hope in His name.