6. Praise of the glory of his grace The glory, is the quality of the grace; the praise, is the response of all God’s glorified ones in the contemplation of the glory of that grace. Perhaps praise of the gloriousness of his grace, gives the exact meaning. The beloved Perhaps an allusion to David, the type of the Messiah, whose name signifies beloved. read more
7. In whom Having mentioned Christ under the endearing title of the Beloved, that blessed name becomes the hinge upon which Ephesians 1:7-10 turn, being a climax of blessedness culminating in the final restitution of Ephesians 1:10. The successive steps of the climax are, redemption, forgiveness, grace, revelation, beneficence, universal restitution. Redemption Release from a bondage to sin and death for a ransom price. Through his blood The price of the ransom. Forgiveness The... read more
8. Wherein Namely, in grace. Abounded Has been aboundingly liberal. Prudence Rather, understanding, namely, of the mystery of the next verse. read more
2. This eternal election is according to a divine ideal of an ultimate reconciliation of all mankind, through the headship of Christ, unto God, Ephesians 1:9-10. 9. Having made known This making known is a revelation in time of a mystery which was in eternity; namely, the revelation by the gospel. It is a disclosure to the world of what was designed before the foundation of the world. Mystery The matter covered by the mystery, namely, the gracious designs of God which truly lie... read more
10. Εις οικονομιαν του πληρωματος των καιρων , a very difficult clause, being in the English translation in the dispensation of the fulness of times. There is no Greek for the that. We can best attain an explanation by taking the last word first, and going backwards. Καιρων , times, signifies the ages, aeons, or time-periods, in each of which a system of events is completed, and from which transition is then made to the next. Πληρωματος is the filling full, or rounding out, the events... read more
11. Obtained an inheritance The Greek verb for this phrase, εκληρωθημεν , is derived from a root ( κληρος ) signifying lot, and radically means to acquire by lot, and thence to acquire by inheritance, or any other mode of allotment or distribution. And being in the passive form here, it might be rendered have been inherited. The sense would then be, not that the elect has obtained an inheritance, but that the elect is itself the inheritance of Christ in the restitution. That would... read more
3. In which reconciliation we (Paul and brethren) have obtained lot, 11-12. In this universal divine ideal of restoration, his brethren and self (inferentially including all believers) have realized a happy lot by faith. Their ideal election in eternity past has become a real election in the present. They have come within the scope of that predestination that infallibly connects trust in Christ to a real share in the divine reconciliation. read more
12. We The same we as in the preceding verses, meaning Paul and his Ephesians directly, including all believers inferentially. Most commentators (including Meyer, Ellicott, and Riddle) make who in apposition with we, and to… glory, the main predicate; reading thus: that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of his glory. (!) It seems sufficient to refute this to note, that to the praise of his glory, however pregnant in meaning, is, in every instance, a subordinate... read more
4. Into which predestination ye Ephesians have entered by faith, Ephesians 1:13-14. 13. Ye From the we of the general elect St. Paul now makes transition to the ye of the Ephesian elect, (which ye is mostly maintained through the epistle,) tracing the brief history of their hearing the gospel, believing, and being sealed over by the Spirit, to the final restitution of Ephesians 1:10. As founder of the Ephesian Church, St. Paul’s memory naturally recurs to the blessed process in... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 1:5
4. Paul’s thanksgiving for the Ephesians, and prayer for their realization of Christ’s glorious headship, Ephesians 1:15-23. 15. Wherefore In view of your thus being happily sealed to this inheritance, Ephesians 1:13-14. I also In response to ye, Ephesians 1:13. My prayers are for the sealing which is to result in possession, Ephesians 1:14. Heard He probably had not seen them in four or five years. read more