Ephesians 1:15-21
15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
Faith and love for Jesus Christ bring thankfulness to those who minister the gospel, as well as other believers. We can pray these things for all believers as Paul did for those in Ephesus here. We ask God to give wisdom and reveal Himself in knowing about Him from the scriptures after knowing Him intimately, then building on that knowing to be growing in Him. We pray for understanding the hope we have as the called, the elect, of the church who are His bride. We ask for understanding of the value we have to God as His inheritance in us and the glory that brings to Him. Let us not forget to pray for grasping His infinite power working in us by the resurrection of Christ (and so of us as well in Him), and of the Son sitting in authority in heaven as Lord, reminding them He rules over all as omnipotent Sovereign of all things forever. We pray, therefore, for spiritual and intellectual understanding of who Christ is and all He has done for us, building the faith and love of and for our Lord in each other.
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