Ephesians 1:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: ”

Ephesians 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According as - The importance of this verse will render proper a somewhat minute examination of the words and phrases of which it is composed. The general sense of the passage is, that these bles...
Ephesians 1:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) According as he hath chosen us in (d) him before the foundation of the world, (7) that we (e) should (f) be holy and without blame (g) before him in love: (6) He declares the efficient cause, or...
Ephesians 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Praise. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Ch...
Ephesians 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

According . Even. hath chosen . chose out. Greek. eklegomai. Compare Acts 1:2 . before . App-104. foundation . App-146. world . App-129. Compare 2 Timothy 1:9 . without blame . Greek....
Ephesians 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. According as he hath chosen us. The foundation and first cause, both of our calling and of all the benefits which we receive from God, is here declared to be his eternal election. If the...
Ephesians 1:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2092 THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY Ephesians 1:3-12 . Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in hea...
Ephesians 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: According as he hath chosen us in him - As he has decreed from t...
Ephesians 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In him— That is, in Christ. See the preceding verse, which, together with this, makes up the following sense: "As it was in consideration of Christ alone that God heretofore, before the foundatio...
Ephesians 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Hath chosen us, х exelexato ( G1586 )] - 'chose us o...
Ephesians 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for Blessings and Prayer for Wisdom 1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled with St....
Ephesians 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 1. Introduction to the Epistle ( Ephesians 1:1-23 ). (1) SALUTATION ( Ephesians 1:1-2 ). (2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR — ( a ) The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the...
Ephesians 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 THE ETERNAL PURPOSE Ephesians 1:3-19 WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3-14 is one of the...
Ephesians 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Riches in Christ Ephesians 1:1-14 This has been called the “Epistle of In-ness, ”because it is so full of the preposition in. Saints are flesh and blood like ourselves, and we may be...
Ephesians 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." T...
Ephesians 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) В¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foun...
Ephesians 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

According as he hath chosen us in him ,.... This choice cannot be understood of a national one, as Israel of old were chosen by the Lord; for the persons the apostle writes to were not a nation; nor...
Ephesians 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Ver. 4. He hath chosen us in him ] Christ was mediator there...
Ephesians 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed be God, who hath blessed us God's blessing us is his bestowing spiritual and heavenly blessings upon us. Our blessing God is the paying him our solemn and grateful acknowledgments, both on...
Ephesians 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SALUTATION (vs.1-2) As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by the will of God." Nothing of his own or of a...
Ephesians 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Praise for Spiritual Blessings. A. D. 61. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesu...
Ephesians 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God blesseth us with all spiritual blessings according as he hath chosen us; election being the fountain from whence those blessings come, so that God doeth nothing for us in carrying on the work o...
Ephesians 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love, having foreordained us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, to hims...
Ephesians 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 1:3 . Blessed be the God and Father. —The Hebrew form for “hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gi...
Ephesians 1:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:3-4 I. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." These words recall the joy and triumph of the ancient Psalms. They read as if Paul was intending to write a song of hap...
Ephesians 1:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1-2 . Paul,...
Ephesians 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:4 . According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love. What words of consolation! The full soul o...
Ephesians 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

According as He hath chosen us before the foundation of the world. Election I. Let us consider the cause, fountain, origin of the blessings of salvation--“according as He hath chosen as.” The b...
Ephesians 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 1:1 , Ephesians 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION . Ephesians 1:1 Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus . Paul's one but all-sufficient claim on the Ephesians is...
Ephesians 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doxology to God for the blessings of His love and grace:
Ephesians 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:8 ; 1 John 4:16 ; 1 Peter 1:2 ; 1 Peter 1:20 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:7 ; 2 Peter 1:5-10 ; 2 Peter 3:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thessalon...
Ephesians 1:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ the All in All Ephesians 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of...
Ephesians 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As he hath chosen us — Both Jews and gentiles, whom he foreknew as believing in Christ, 1 Peter 1:2 .

Ephesians 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes