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 once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wonderful things from Your instruction.

Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.

For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to sleep;
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.

Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.

in order to open blind eyes,
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

For this people’s heart has grown callous;
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn back—
and I would cure them.

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,

who is the image of God.

Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

Is

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope

at your calling—

endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.

Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel

But since we belong to the day, we must be serious and put the armor of faith and love on our chests, and put on a helmet of the hope of salvation.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

so that having been justified by His grace,
we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

His calling

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,

Fight the good fight for the faith;
take hold of eternal life
that you were called to
and have made a good confession about
in the presence of many witnesses.

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.

General references

The Lord had done great things for us;
we were joyful.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.

“But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!