Ephesians 1:18

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Ephesians 1:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Eyes

Is

His calling

General references

Psalm 126:3

Proverbs 20:12

Matthew 13:16

Bible References

Eyes

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.

“Render the hearts of this people

insensitive,

Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,

Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.

To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

For the heart of this people has become dull,

With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

Is

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ,

excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel

But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of

our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

See

how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

His calling

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will

count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power,

Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

General references

The Lord has done great things for us;
We are glad.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.

But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.