Ephesians 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ”

Ephesians 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having predestinated us - On the meaning of the word here used, see the notes at Romans 1:4 ; Romans 8:29 , note. The word used πρωρίζω prōrizō means properly “to set bounds before;” and...
Ephesians 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ (h) to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (8) Another plainer exposition of the efficient cause, and also...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

predestinated . foreordained. Greek. proorizo. See Acts 4:28 ; Romans 8:29 . unto, to . Greek. eis . App-104. adoption of children. Greek. huiothesia. See Romans 8:15 . Compare App-108....
Ephesians 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Who hath predestinated us. What follows is intended still further to heighten the commendation of divine grace. The reason why Paul inculcated so earnestly on the Ephesians the doctrines...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Having predestinated us - Προορισας. As the doctrine of eternal predestin...
Ephesians 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Having predestinated us— It was not by the observances of the law, but by faith alone in Jesus Christ, that God pre-determined to take the Gentiles into the state of sonship, or adoption. This wa...
Ephesians 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Predestinated - having respect to the end and means. We are "chos...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Having predestinated us ,.... Predestination, taken in a large sense, includes both election and reprobation, and even reaches to all affairs and occurrences in the world; to the persons, lives, and...
Ephesians 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Ver. 5. Having predestinated us ] Interpreters have observed that thi...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children; having appointed us unto a state of sonship and right to glory. This seems to be more than the former, a greater thing to be the sons of God,...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

predestinated Predestination is that effective exercise of the will of God by which things before determined by Him are brought to pass. See Election, ( See Scofield) - ( 1 Peter 1:2 )....
Ephesians 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:5-6 Regeneration and Sonship in Christ. We have now to consider that original and central Divine purpose which explains and includes all that the infinite love of God has done for our...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. The predestination of believers I. The benefit itself. “Having pred...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doxology to God for the blessings of His love and grace:
Ephesians 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:1 ; 1 Corinthians 1:21 ; 1 John 3:1 ; 2 Corinthians 6:18 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:11 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Ephesians 1:9 ; Galatians 3:26 ; Galatians 4:5 ; Galatians...
Ephesians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Having predestinated us to the adoption of sons — Having foreordained that all who afterwards believed should enjoy the dignity of being sons of God, and joint — heirs with Christ. According to the...

Ephesians 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ephesians 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes