Ephesians 1:2-14 WEB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:6

(6) To the praise of the glory of his grace.—That is, for the acknowledgment by all God’s creatures of the gloriousness of His grace; or, in other words, for the acknowledgment that God’s essential glory is best manifested in His grace—that He “declares His almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity.” So in Exodus 33:18-19, to the request, “Show me Thy glory,” the answer is, “I will make my goodness to pass before thee . . . and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.”... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:7

(7) In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.—This passage is identical in sense and expression with Colossians 1:14, except that the word here used for “sins” means, properly, “separate acts of transgression,” while the word there is the more general word for sin in the abstract. (In Ephesians 2:1, both are used.) In both passages we have united, as correspondent to each other, the two expressions under which our Lord Himself describes His atonement—in Matthew... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:8

(8) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence.—It should be, which He made to overflow to us in all wisdom and prudence—the word “overflow” having an emphasis which our word “abound” has lost, and signifying here that the richness of God’s grace not only fills the soul with the blessing of salvation, but overflows into the additional gifts of “all wisdom and prudence” in us, which gifts are here dwelt upon in anticipation of the declaration of the next verse. Of these two... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:9

(9) Having made known unto us the mystery of his will.—In the same connection we read in 1 Corinthians 2:7, “we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery.” The word “mystery” properly signifies a thing which (see Ephesians 3:5; Colossians 1:27) “was hid from all ages, but is now made manifest.” So our Lord evidently uses it (in Matthew 13:11; Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10). For the rest, except in four passages of the Apocalypse (Revelation 1:20; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 17:5; Revelation 17:7), it is used... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:10

(10) That in the dispensation of the fulness of times.—The connection marked in our version seems certainly erroneous. The words should be connected with the previous verse, and translated thus: which He purposed in Himself for administration (or disposal) of the fulness of the (appointed) seasons, to gather, &c. We note (1) that the word “dispensation” is usually applied to the action of the servants of God, as “dispensers of His mysteries.” (See Ephesians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 9:17;... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:10-11

(10, 11) Even in him: in whom also we have obtained an inheritance.—We have here (in the repetition, “even in Him”) an emphatic transition to the truth most closely concerning the Apostle and his readers. The word “we” is not here emphatic, and the statement might be a general statement applicable to all Christians; but the succeeding verse seems to limit it to the original Jewish believers—the true Israel, who (like the whole of Israel in ancient days) have become “a people of inheritance”... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:11-14

(2 c.) Ephesians 1:11-14 form the third part of the Introduction, applying the general truth of election by God’s predestination in Christ, first to the original believers (the Jews), and then to the subsequent believers (the Gentiles). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:12

(12) That we . . . who first trusted in Christ.—That the reference here is to the first Christians, in contradistinction to the Gentiles of the next verse, is clear. But the meaning of the phrase “who first hoped” (or, more properly, who have hoped beforehand) is less obvious. Our version seems to interpret it simply of “believing before” the Gentiles, i.e., of being the “first believers;” and this interpretation may be defended by the analogy of certain cases in which the same prefix... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:13

(13) In whom ye also trusted . . . in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed.—The insertion of the word “trusted” (suggested by the word “trusted” in the previous verse) is probably erroneous, nor is it easy to find any good substitute for it. It is far better to refer the whole to the one verb, “ye were sealed.” The irregularity of construction (arising from the addition to “hearing” of its proper accessory of “faith,” Romans 10:17) will surprise no one who studies St. Paul’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:14

(14) Which is the earnest of our inheritance.—On the word “earnest” (arrhabôn), a precious gift, as surety for a fuller gift hereafter, see 2 Corinthians 1:22. The word “inheritance” has a correspondent meaning. It is a present possession (as in Acts 7:5), which shall be developed into a more precious future. “We are very members, incorporate in the mystical body of Christ, and also heirs through hope of His everlasting kingdom.”Until the redemption of the purchased possession.—The “redemption”... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:10-11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:11-14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 1:14

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