Ephesians 1:15

Since I heard of your faith and love — That is, of their perseverance and increase therein.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus - This is one of the passages usually relied on by those who suppose that this E...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(17) Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, (17) He returns to the former account of the goo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Prayer. The writer, who has been informed (by letter?) of the Christian faith and love of his correspondents, reciprocates their tha...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Wherefore I also. This thanksgiving was not simply an expression of his ardent love to the Ephesians. He congratulated them before God,...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Faith in the Lord Jesus - Cordial reception of the Chr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:15 .— Having, in the foregoing verses, thanked God for the great favours and mercies which, from the beginning, he had purposed for...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Heard ] This looks as if there were some whom St. Paul had not seen, i.e. others besides Ephesians.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints. — These words have an almost exact parallel in Colossians 1:4 , addre...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

After I heard; he was an eye-witness of their first believing, but here he speaks of their increase and constancy in the faith since, of which he h...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For this reason I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that is among you, and which you show towards all the saints, do not cease to gi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹⁵ Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 1:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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