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 ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:

Uncover mine, eyes and I shall behold the wonders from thy laws.

Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.

For Jehovah poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and he will close your eyes: the prophets and your heads, the seeing he covered.

And the eyes of those seeing shall not be blinded, and the ears of those hearing shall attend.

To open the eyes of the blind, to bring forth the bound out of prison, those sitting in darkness out of the house of the prison.

For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.

Then opened he their understanding, to understand the writings,

And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a dealer in purple garments, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, heard: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to things spoken by Paul.

To open their eyes, to turn them back from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, fur them to receive remission of sins, and inheritance with the consecrated by faith in me.

In whom the God of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

And recall to mind the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye endured a great combat of sufferings;

Is

That ye were in that time without Christy alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners from the covenants of solemn promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

One body, and one Spirit, as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

And perseverance, proof; and proof, hope.

For by hope were we saved: but hope being seen is not hope: for what any one sees, why does he also hope?

For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of justice.

By the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news;

And we, being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the coat of mail of faith and love; and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

And our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, also our Father, having loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope in grace,

Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

That justified by his grace, we might be heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Praised the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, by the rising up of Jesus Christ from the dead,

See ye, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: for this the world knows us not, for it knew him not.

His calling

Therefore I, the imprisoned in the Lord, beseech you to walk Worthy of the calling which ye were called,

And we know that to them loving God, all things work together for good, to them being called according to the setting up.

I pursue toward the scope for the prize of combat of the calling above of God in Christ Jesus.

And let the peace of God act as umpire in your hearts, to which also, ye were called in one body: and be grateful.

For you to walk worthy of God, calling you into his kingdom and glory.

For which also we pray always for you, that our God would deem you worthy of the calling, and fill all the benevolence of goodness, and work of faith in power:

Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

Not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing: and on the contrary prayer; knowing that to this were ye called, that ye might inherit praise.

And the God of all grace, having called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, may he put you in proper order, having suffered a little time, may he support you, make firm, lay the foundation.

General references

Jehovah magnified to do with us; we were made glad.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made, also them two.

But happy your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.