Ephesians 3:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. ”

Ephesians 3:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto him be glory - see the notes, Romans 16:27 . In the church - Or, by the church; Ephesians 3:10 . The church was to be the instrument by which the glory of God would be shown; and it wa...
Ephesians 3:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Unto . To. glory . the glory. See p. 1511. by . Greek. en. throughout... end App-151.
Ephesians 3:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2105 GOD’S POWER TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE Ephesians 3:20-21 . Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us...
Ephesians 3:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Unto him - Thus possessed of power and goodness, be glory in the Church - be unceasing praises ascribed...
Ephesians 3:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Throughout all ages, &c.— The original contains one of St. Paul's self-invented, and most expressive phrases, which we may defy any version fully to express;— through all the successions of an...
Ephesians 3:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Translate, 'Unto Him be the glory (i:e., of the gracious dispensation of salvation just spoken of)...
Ephesians 3:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto him be glory in the church by (properly, in ) Christ Jesus. — In the parallelism of these clauses is implied the great idea of the Epistle — the unity of the Church in Christ. Hence all tha...
Ephesians 3:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Ephesians 3:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus ,.... This is a doxology, or an ascription of glory to God, with which the apostle concludes his prayer; glory is to be given to God on account of his...
Ephesians 3:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ver. 21. Glory in the church of Christ ] Who is the refulgency of his Father's glory, Hebrews 1:3...
Ephesians 3:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now unto him , &c. This doxology is admirably adapted to strengthen our faith, that we may not stagger at the great things the apostle has been praying for, as if they were too much for God to g...
Ephesians 3:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Prayer. A. D. 61. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord...
Ephesians 3:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto him be glory in the church; the whole church of Jews and Gentiles. The church only knows the mystery and partakes of the benefits before mentioned, and therefore the church only can rightly gl...
Ephesians 3:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Prayer for His Readers (3:14-21). ‘For this reason -.' Compare Ephesians 3:1 which begins in the same way. Does this mean that this is the continuation that he would have made had he not...
Ephesians 3:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 3:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:14-21 Filled with all the Fulness of God. I. Perhaps it would be well to leave this phrase in its vague sublimity without any attempt to explain it as it stands. It appeals to the ima...
Ephesians 3:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ephesians 3:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding doxology:
Ephesians 3:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:11 ; 1 Peter 2:5 ; 1 Peter 5:11 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; 2 Timothy 4:18 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ephesians 2:7 ; Galatians 1:5 ; Hebrews 13:15 ; Hebrews 13:16 ; Hebrews 13:21 ; Isaiah 42...
Ephesians 3:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the church — On earth and in heaven.

Ephesians 3:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 3:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 3:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 3:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 3:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 3:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 3:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes