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 at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."

For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed 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 give attention.

to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

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

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

Is

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated 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 you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--

and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

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

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

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

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

His calling

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for 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.

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

we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,

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

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, 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 them both.

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