Jesus, ii. 7. To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord, iii. 10, 11. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise, Isa. xliii. 21. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called Trees of Righteousness, The Planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, lxi. 3. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God, Phil i. 11. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light, 1 Pet. ii. 9. b See on John i. ver. 12. clause 2. A. D. 64. a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 11. b See on Matt. xi. ver. 26. VER. 10. Εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν και ρῶν, ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ παντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ, τά τε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐν αὐτῷ· That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in in heaven, and which are on earth, even one all things in Christ, both which are in him. * Gr. the heavens. a See on Mark i. ver. 15. clause 1. b See on Matt. xxiv. ver.S1.clause 4. VER. 11. Ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν, προορισθέντες κατὰ πρόθεσιν τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐνεργοῦντος κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ· a In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, b being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: a See on Acts xx. ver. 32. clause 2. b See on Rom. viii. ver. 29. clauses 1, 2. See on Matt. xiii. ver. 11. VER. 12. Εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ a That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first * trusted in Christ. Or, hoped. a See on ver. 6. clause 1. b See on John v. ver. 23. clause 1. VER. 13. Ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν· ἐν ᾧ καὶ πιστεύσαντες ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ Πνεύματι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ. a In whom ye also trusted, b after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation; in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that f Holy Spirit of promise, a See on Matt. xii. ver. 21. b See on Rom. i. ver. 16. clause 3. c See on John xvii. ver. 17. clause 2. d See on Acts xiii. ver. 26. clause 2. e See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 22. clause 1. f See on John vii. ver. 39. clause 1. Ος ἐστιν ἀῤῥαβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν, εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως, εἰς ἔπαινον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. A. D. 64. a See on Luke xxiv. ver. 45. b There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling, Eph. iv. 4. c See on Rom. ii. ver. 4. clause 2. a Which is the earnest of our inheritance buntil the redemption of the pur-ple; Jacob is the lot of his inherichased possession, c unto the praise of his glory. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, b the Father of glory, c may give unto you d the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: * Or, for the acknowledgment. a See on John xx. ver. 17. clause 5. b See on Acts vii. ver. 2. clause 1. See on Matt. xiii. ver. 11. clause 1. d See on John xiv. ver. 96. clause 3. eSee on Matt. xvi. ver. 17. clause 3. tance, Deut. xxxii. 9. Wilt thou swal low up the inheritance of the LORD? 2 Sam. xx. 19. He brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance, Psal. lxxviii. 71. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance, xciv. 14. Whom the LoRD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance, Isa. xix. 25. a Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, a See on Acts ii. ver. 24. clause 1. b See on Mark xvi. ver. 19. VER. 21. Ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ κυριότητος, καὶ πάντος ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου οὐ μόνον ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι· a Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every Ητις ἐστὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι πληρουμένου. a Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. A. D. 64. flesh and of the mind; band were by a See on Rom. iii. ver. 9. b See on Matt. vii. ver. 11. clause 1. c See on Rom. i. ver. 18. clause 1. VER. 4. 'Ο δὲ Θεὸς πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγαπὴν αὑτοῦ ἂν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, a But God, who is rich in mercy, b for his great love wherewith he loved us, a See on Rom. ii. ver. 4. clause 2. b See on John iii. ver. 16. clause 1. VER. 5. Καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώ μασι, συνεζωοποίησε τῷ Χριστῷ· (χάριτι a See on Rom. xii. ver. 5. clause 1. CHAP. II. VER. 1. Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώ μασι καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις· a And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins; a See on John v. ver. 25. VER. 2. Ἐν αἷς ποτὲ περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, κατὰ τὸν ἄρχον τα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας Wherein in time past ye walked a according to the course of this world, baccording to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in e the children of disobedience: d b Even when we were dead in sins, a hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved ;) a See on John viii. ver. 23. clause 2. b See on John viii. ver. 44. c See on John xii. ver. 31. clause 9. d See on John viii. ver. 38. clause 9. See on Matt. xiii. ver. 38. clause 3. VER. 3. Εν οἷς καὶ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἀνεστράφημεν ποτε ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν, ποιοῦντες τὰ θελήματα τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ τῶν διανοιῶν· καὶ ἦμεν τέκνα φύσει ὀργῆς, ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί. a Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the | * Or, whose grace ye. a See on John v. ver. 25. VER. 6. Καὶ συνήγειρε, καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· a And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: a Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, Eph. i. 3. VER. 7. Ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφ ̓ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. a That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. a See on chap. i. ver. 6. clause 1. VER. 8. Τῇ γὰρ χάριτι ἐστε σεσωσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον A. D. 64. a Turned to flight the armies of the aliens, Heb. xi. 34. b See on Matt. i. ver. 1. clause 3. VER. 13. Νυνὶ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μακρὰν, ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθητε ἐν τῷ απ ματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ. a But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. a See on Matt. xxvi. ver. 28. VER. 14. Αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἕν, καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας· a For he is our peace, bwho hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; a See on John xiv. ver. 27. b See on Matt. xii. ver. 18. clause 5. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, Col. ii. 10, 11. Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross, 14. VER. 15. Τὴν ἔχθραν, ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὑτοῦ, τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι καταργήσας, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν ἑαυτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον, ποιῶν εἰρήνην, a Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain, one new man, so making peace; Ör, prepared. a See on 1 Cor. iii. ver. 6. clause 3. b See on John i. ver. 13. clause 5. See on Matt. v. ver. 16. clause 1. d See on Rom. viii. ver. 29. clauses 2, 3. e See on Rom. viii. ver. 1. clause 2. VER. 11. Διὸ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ὑμεῖς ποτε τὰ ἔθνη ἐν σαρκὶ, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὑπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐνσ αρκὶ χειροποιή του • Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; a See on Rom. ii. ver. 28, 29. VER. 12. Ὅτι ἦτε ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ χωρὶς Χριστοῦ, ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες, καὶ ἄθεος ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ· That at that time ye were without Christ, being a aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, d and without God in the world: a Having therefore, brethren, boldblood of Jesus. By a new and living ness to enter into the holiest by the way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, Καὶ ἐλθὼν εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην ὑμῖν τοῖς stone; μακρὰν, καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς And came and preached peace b to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. a See on John xiv. ver. 27. b See on Acts ii. ver. 39. clause 2. c See on Luke x. ver. 11. clause 3. VER. 18. Ὅτι δι ̓ αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν οἱ ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ Πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα. a For through him we both have baccess by one Spirit unto the Father. a See on John xiv. ver. 13. clause 2. b See on Rom. v. ver. 2. clause 1. C a See on Matt. xvi. ver. 18. clauses 2,3. b And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ, Eph. iv. 11--13. See on Matt. xxi. ver. 42. clause 1. VER. 21. Ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα ἡ οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογου μένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ· • Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all rance and supplication for all saints, Eph. vi. 18. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father, Rom. viii. 15. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints | according to the will of God, 26, 27. In whom ye also are builded togeBut ye, beloved, building up your-ther a for an habitation of God through selves on your most holy faith, praying the Spirit. in the Holy Ghost, Jude 20. perseve a In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto ban holy temple in the Lord: a See on Rom. xii. ver. 5. b Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are, 1 Cor. iii. 16, 17.; and 2 Cor. vi. 16. VER. 19. *Αρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ· VER. 22. Ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδομεῖσθε εἰς και τοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι. a See on John xiv. ver. 18. CHAP. III.-VER. 1. |