“ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ”
For this cause - Some suppose that this is a resumption of what he had commenced saying in Ephesians 3:1 , but which had been interrupted by a long parenthesis. So Bloomfield explains it. But it...
(3) For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (3) He teaches by his own example that the efficacy of the doctrine depends upon the grace of God, and therefore we ought...
The Writer's Prayer for his Readers. Kneeling, in a very ecstasy of prayer, before the Father who is the source and prototype of all fatherly relationship whether on earth or in heaven, the writer...
This verse going back to the subject of Ephesians 3:1 is Figure of speech Anachoresis App-6. Father . App-98. of... Christ . The texts omit.
14. For this cause. His prayers for them are mentioned, not only to testify his regard for them, but likewise to excite them to pray in the same manner; for the seed of the word is scattered...
DISCOURSE: 2104 PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS Ephesians 3:14-19 . For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, For this cause I bow my knees - That you may not faint, but persevere, I frequently pray to God, who is our God and the Father...
Unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,— In the foregoing chapter, Ephesians 3:19 . St. Paul tells the Ephesians, that now they believe in Christ, they are no longer strangers and foreigners,...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, For this cause - resuming Ephesians 3:1 , "For this cause." Because ye are so loved and favoured by God. Bow my kne...
Reasons for renewing the Prayer for Wisdom 1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in Ephesians 1:15 , he begins to speak of himself, and this time he explains his unique inte...
Unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. — The words “of our Lord Jesus Christ” appear, by both external and internal evidence, to be an interpolation — probably from a gloss indicating (in the tr...
Chapter 14 PRAYER AND PRAISE. THE COMPREHENSION OF CHRIST Ephesians 3:14-18 IN Ephesians 3:14 the prayer is resumed which the apostle was about to offer at the beginning of the chapter, when...
the Greatest of All Desires Ephesians 3:14-21 The kernel of this prayer is in the clause that Christ may make His home in the believer's heart through faith. The previous petitions lead up to t...
God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fac...
(13) Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. (14) В¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (15) Of whom the whole famil...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father ,.... That is, pray unto him for the perseverance of the saints; for nothing is more desirable to the ministers of Christ than that; which is the pure g...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ver. 14. For this cause ] sc. That ye faint not, but gather strength. I bow my knees ] A most seemly and suitable ges...
Wherefore Since by my ministry you have been called to the fellowship of the gospel; I desire that ye faint not Be not discouraged or disheartened; at my tribulations for preaching the gospel t...
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED (vs.1-13) "For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the unsearchable riches of...
The Apostle's Prayer. A. D. 61. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord...
For this cause; this may be referred either to the former verse: \ Ephesians 3:13 \ For this cause, viz. that ye faint not, & c.; or rather to the 1st verse, \ Ephesians 3:1 \ the a...
‘For this reason I bow my knees to the Father from whom every Fatherhood in Heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened wi...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 3:15 . The whole family. —R.V. “every family.” The word for “family” is only found in the New Testament in St. Luke 2:4 and Acts 3:25 ; in one transla...
Ephesians 3:14-15 One Family in Heaven and Earth. Of God, the universal Father, the whole family in heaven and earth is named. He is Father to them all. They all feel the comfort of His love. And...
Ephesians 3:1 . Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ. He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou...
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. A pattern of prayer The worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself...
EXPOSITION Ephesians 3:1-49 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD . Ephesians 3:1 For this cause. The reference is not merely to...
for this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Kings 19:18 ; 1 Kings 8:54 ; 2 Chronicles 6:13 ; Acts 20:36 ; Acts 21:5 ; Acts 7:60 ; Acts 9:40 ; Daniel 6:10 ; Ephesians 1:16-19 ; Ephesians 1:3 ; Ezra 9:5 ; Isaiah 45:23 ; Luke 22:41...