Ephesians 1:18 KJV
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Thou and Ye
- your, ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The apostle thanks God for their faith and love, and prays for the continuance of their knowledge and hope, with respect to the heavenly inheritance, and to God's powerful working in themGod has laid up spiritual blessings for us in his Son the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and fetch them in by prayer. Even the best Christians...
Thompson Chains
- EnlightenmentLink 7 of 8 · next 1 Peter 2:9
- Spir. KnowledgeSee the chain from Jeremiah 9:24 · 8 links
- Spir. RichesSee the chain from Proverbs 8:18 · 5 links
- Eternal GloryLink 4 of 6 · next 2 Timothy 2:10
- Christian CallingLink 2 of 6 · next Philippians 3:14
Cross References
- Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Ephesians 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
- Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- 1 John 3:1–3 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. …
- Ephesians 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- Hebrews 10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
- Romans 8:24–25 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? …
- Romans 8:28–30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. …
- Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
- Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
- Psalms 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
- Isaiah 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Isaiah 32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
- Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
- Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
- Romans 5:4–5 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: …
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
- Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
- Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- 1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Ephesians
Greek and Strong’s
- The eyes τοὺς tous Article · accusative masculine plural ὀφθαλμοὺς ophthalmous ὀφθαλμός Noun · accusative masculine plural
- of your ὑμῶν hymōn Pronoun · second person, genitive plural ὑμῶν hymōn
- understanding τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular διανοίας dianoias διάνοια Noun · genitive feminine singular
- being enlightened Πεφωτισμένους Pephōtismenous φωτίζω Verb · perfect passive participle, accusative masculine plural
- that εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
- ye ὑμᾶς hymas Pronoun · second person, accusative plural ὑμᾶς hymâs
- may know τὸ to Pronoun · accusative neuter singular εἰδέναι eidenai εἴδω Verb · perfect active infinitive
- what τίς tis τίς Pronoun · nominative feminine singular
- is ἐστιν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- the hope ἡ hē Article · nominative feminine singular ἐλπὶς elpis ἐλπίς Noun · nominative feminine singular
- of his αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine singular
- calling τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular κλήσεως klēseōs κλῆσις Noun · genitive feminine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- what τίς tis τίς Pronoun · nominative masculine singular
- the riches ὁ ho Article · nominative masculine singular πλοῦτος ploutos πλοῦτος Noun · nominative masculine singular
- of the glory τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular δόξης doxēs δόξα Noun · genitive feminine singular
- of his αὐτοῦ autou αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine singular
- inheritance τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular κληρονομίας klēronomias κληρονομία Noun · genitive feminine singular
- in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the saints τοῖς tois Article · dative masculine plural ἁγίοις hagiois ἅγιος Adjective · dative masculine plural
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