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. Live like children of light

Uncover my eyes, that I may look at wonderful things from your law.

Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, and shut its eyes so that it may not look with its eyes and listen with its ears and comprehend [with] its mind and turn back, and it may be healed [for] him."

For Yahweh has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and he has covered your heads, the seers.

And [the] eyes of those who see will not gaze, and [the] ears of those who hear will listen.

to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not 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,

And a certain woman {named} Lydia from the city of Thyatira, a merchant dealing in purple cloth who showed reverence for God, was listening. The Lord opened {her} heart to pay attention to what was being said by Paul.

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

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,

Is

that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

For through the Spirit by faith we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel,

But [because] we are of the day, we must be sober, [by] putting 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 encouragement and good hope by grace,

looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become 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 what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

His calling

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, 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 the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

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

not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, [after you] have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, [and] establish [you].

General references

Yahweh has done great [things] for us; we are glad.

The ear that hears and the eye that sees, Yahweh has made {them both}.

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