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

Hebrews 10:32

Is

His calling

General references

Matthew 13:16

Bible References

Eyes

For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!'

Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,

One of our hearers was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods, from the town of Thyatira. She was a believer in God, and the Lord touched her heart, and led her to accept Paul's teaching.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

But you must remember those early days when after you had received the light you had to go through a great struggle with persecution,

Is

At that time you had no connection with Christ, you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the agreements about God's promise; with no hope and no God in all the world.

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope that belongs to the summons you received.

and endurance, character, and character, hope,

It was in this hope that we were saved. But a hope that can be seen is not a hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

But we, by the Spirit, through faith wait for the uprightness we hope for.

and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospel

but we who belong to the day must be composed, wearing faith and love for a coat of mail, and helmeted with the hope of salvation.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus.

so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,

Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.

His calling

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

I am pressing toward the goal, for the prize to which God through Christ Jesus calls us upward.

Let the ruling principle in your hearts be Christ's peace, for in becoming members of one body you have been called under its sway. And you must be thankful.

to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.

To this end we always pray for you too, asking our God to find you worthy of the call he has given you, and by his power to fulfil every desire you may have for goodness, and every effort of your faith,

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

General references

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