Ephesians 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The god

Ephesians 1:3

John 20:17

The father

The spirit

In the knowledge

General references

Matthew 13:16

Bible References

The god

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.

Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

The father

And do not let us be subjected to temptation, but save us from the evil one.

"Glory to God in highest heaven! And peace on earth to men who please him."

He answered: "Listen, brothers and fathers. The glorious God appeared to our forefather Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he ever made his home in Haran,

Not one of this world's leaders understands it, for if they had, they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

My brothers, stop trying to maintain your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious presence of God on earth, along with acts of partiality to certain ones.

saying: "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!"

The spirit

for at that very moment the Holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say."

for I will give you such wisdom of speech as all your opponents combined will not be able to resist and refute.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.

but they could not cope with his good practical sense and the spiritual power with which he usually spoke.

To one, wise speech is given by the Spirit; to another, by the same Spirit, intelligent speech is given;

But as it now is, brothers, if I do come back to you speaking in ecstasy, what good shall I do you, unless my speech contains a revelation or new knowledge or a prophetic message or some teaching?

This is why, ever since I heard of it, I have never ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full wisdom and spiritual insight, with a clear knowledge of His will,

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are stored up.

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, free from doubts and insincerity.

In the knowledge

so that you with all God's people may be strong enough to grasp the idea of the breadth and length, the height and depth,

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one but the Father perfectly knows the Son, and no one but the Son perfectly knows the Father, and the one to whom the Son chooses to make Him known.

Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God.

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

And so, as they did not approve of fully recognizing God any longer, God gave them up to minds that He did not approve, to practices that were improper;

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;

that their hearts may be encouraged, by having been knit together in love and by having atoned to the full assurance of understanding, so that they may finally reach the fullest knowledge of the open secret, Christ Himself,

With gentleness he must correct his opponents, for God might grant them repentance that would lead them to a full knowledge of the truth,

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to stimulate faith in God's chosen people and to lead them on to a full knowledge of religious truth,

because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him.

but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!

By this we can be sure that we know Him -- if we practice obedience to His commands.

General references

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.