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Ephesians 1

Eph. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Paul
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Paulos (Greek #3972)
(little; but remotely from a derivative of 3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
KJV usage: Paul, Paulus.
Pronounce: pow'-los
Origin: of Latin origin
, an apostle
apostolos (Greek #652)
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
KJV usage: apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Pronounce: ap-os'-tol-os
Origin: from 649
of Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
the will
thelema (Greek #2307)
a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination
KJV usage: desire, pleasure, will.
Pronounce: thel'-ay-mah
Origin: from the prolonged form of 2309
of God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, to the saints
hagios (Greek #40)
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
KJV usage: (most) holy (one, thing), saint.
Pronounce: hag'-ee-os
Origin: from ἅγος (an awful thing) (compare 53, 2282)
b which
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
are
on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
at
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Ephesus
Ephesos (Greek #2181)
Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
KJV usage: Ephesus.
Pronounce: ef'-es-os
Origin: probably of foreign origin
c, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
to the faithful
pistos (Greek #4103)
objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful
KJV usage: believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true.
Pronounce: pis-tos'
Origin: from 3982
d in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
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1-2:  After the salutation,
3:  and thanksgiving for the Ephesians,
4-5:  he treats of our election,
6-10:  and adoption by grace;
11-12:  which is the true and proper fountain of man's salvation.
13-15:  And because the height of this mystery cannot be easily attained unto,
16-23:  he prays that they may come to the full knowledge and possession thereof in Christ.
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to the saints.
which.
Eph. 6:21• 21But that ye also may know my affairs, what I do, Tychicus shall make known all to you, the beloved brother and faithful servant in [the] Lord, (Eph. 6:21)
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Num. 12:7•  (Num. 12:7)
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Luke 16:10• 10He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much. (Luke 16:10)
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Acts 16:15• 15And when she was baptized and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide. And she constrained us. (Acts 16:15)
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1 Cor. 4:12,17• 12and we toil, working with our own hands; reviled, we bless, persecuted, we suffer;
17For this cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in [the] Lord, who will remind you of my ways that are in Christ [Jesus], even as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
(1 Cor. 4:12,17)
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Gal. 3:9• 9So that they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. (Gal. 3:9)
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Col. 1:2• 2to the saints in Colosse and faithful brethren in Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)
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Rev. 2:10,13• 10Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
13I know [thy works, and] where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan {i}is{/i}; and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein {i}was{/i} Antipas, my faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
(Rev. 2:10,13)
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Rev. 17:14• 14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them (for he is Lord of lords and King of kings), and those that are with him, called and chosen and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)
faithful.
Acts 19:1‑20:38• 1And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having gone through the upper parts, came [down] unto Ephesus, and finding certain disciples
2said unto them, Received ye [the] Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they [said] unto him, Not even if [the] Holy Spirit was did we hear.
3And he said, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4And Paul said, John baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
5And when they heard this, they were baptized unto the name of the Lord Jesus.
6And when Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spake with tongues and prophesied;
7and they were in all about twelve men.
8And entering into the synagogue he spoke boldly for three months, discoursing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10And this was done for two years, so that all those that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11And God wrought uncommon powers by the hands of Paul,
12so that even upon the sick were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out.
13And certain ones of the Jewish exorcists that went about took in hand to call upon those that had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14And there were seven sons of Sceva, a certain Jewish chief-priest, doing this.
15But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but who are ye?
16And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out from that house naked and wounded.
17And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that inhabited Ephesus. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18Many too of those that had believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
19And not a few of those that practiced curious arts brought their books and burnt [them] before all. And they summed up the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20So with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
21Now after these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to proceed unto Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
22And having sent into Macedonia two of those that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for awhile.
23And about that time arose no small disturbance about the way.
24For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans,
25whom he gathered together with the workmen of like nature, and said, Men, ye are aware that we have our prosperity from this business.
26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
27Now, not only is there danger for us that this trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that even she should be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world revereth.
28And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
29And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theatre,
30having seized together Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
31And when Paul was minded to enter unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And some of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sent unto him and urged him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
32Different ones therefore kept crying somewhat different things; for the assembly was in confusion, and the mass knew not wherefore they were come together.
33And from the crowd they instructed Alexander, the Jews putting him forward; and Alexander waving his hand wished to make defence to the people.
34But when they came to know he was a Jew, one shout arose from all, crying for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians.
35And the town clerk after stilling the crowd, says, Ephesians, which of men is he who knoweth not that the city of [the] Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of what fell from the sky?
36Since then these things cannot be gainsaid, you must be quiet and do nothing rash.
37For ye have brought these men, neither temple-robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38If then Demetrius and the artisans with him have a matter against anyone, court days are going on, and there are pro-consuls: let them accuse each other;
39but if you make any inquiry about other things, it will be settled in the lawful assembly.
40For indeed we are in danger of being accused of riot today, there being no cause concerning which we shall be able to render an account of this concourse.
41And having said thus he dismissed the assembly.
1And after the uproar had ceased, Paul having called for the disciples, and exhorted and saluted them, departed to go into Macedonia.
2And having gone through those parts and exhorted them with much discourse, he came into Greece.
3And having spent three months, and a plot being laid against him by the Jews, as he was about to sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
4And there accompanied him (as far as Asia) Sopater a Beroean [son] of Pyrrhus; and of Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus.
5These going before waited for us at Troas.
6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened [bread] and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we tarried seven days.
7And on the first [day] of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow, and prolonged the word till midnight.
8And there were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.
9And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, as he was sitting in the window, being overpowered with deep sleep, as Paul was discoursing yet longer, fell overpowered by the sleep down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
10But Paul went down and fell upon him, and clasping him round said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.
11And when he went up and broke the bread and had eaten, and conversed with them a long while till daybreak, so he departed.
12And they brought the boy alive and were not a little comforted.
13But we, having gone before on board the ship, set sail for Assos, there intending to take up Paul, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go on foot.
14And when he met with us at Assos, we took him up, and came unto Mitylene;
15and having sailed thence on the morrow we arrived over against Chios, and on the next day we touched at Samos, and [having remained at Trogyllium] the day after we came unto Miletus.
16For Paul determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
17And from Miletus he sent unto Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
18And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know from the first day that I came to Asia how I was with you all the time
19serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and tears, and temptations, which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
20how I kept back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce to you and to teach you publicly, and from house to house,
21testifying both to Jews and to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23save that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24But I hold not my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom [of God] shall see my face no more.
26Wherefore I testify to you this day that I am pure from the blood of all.
27For I shrank not from announcing to you all the counsel of God.
28Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
29I know that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
30and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them.
31Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears.
32And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all that are sanctified.
33I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel;
34yea, yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.
35In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
36And having thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck, fondly kissed him,
38sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should behold his face no more. And they brought him forward unto the ship.
(Acts 19:1‑20:38)
 {faithful} We must remember that the Apostle was now in prison, and that Christianity had been established for some years, and was exposed to all kinds of attack. To say that one was a believer as at the beginning, was to say that he was faithful. The word then does not merely express that they believed, nor that each individual walked faithfully, but that the Apostle addressed himself to those who by grace faithfully maintained the faith they had received. (Ephesians 1 by J.N. Darby)
 In general we have in this epistle the believer in Christ, not Christ in the believer….This epistle, setting us in Christ’s relationship with God and the Father and sitting in heavenly places, gives the highest character of our testimony here. (Ephesians 1 by J.N. Darby)
 His heart was full of the immensity of grace; and nothing in the state of the Ephesian Christians required any particular remarks adapted to that state. (Ephesians 1 by J.N. Darby)
 {In Romans} man's ruin and redemption is the theme, with the effects of redemption, and the order of the dispensations, and the practical duties flowing from all. But in Ephesians how totally different! Here, comparatively speaking, man disappears, and God is viewed as acting from Himself. (Remarks on Ephesians 1:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 In Ephesians, instead of our being raised up from the pit of corruption, in which man lay buried, the very first thing the Apostle does is to speak of God in heaven. It is God showering blessing upon man, and not man brought up to God. (Remarks on Ephesians 1:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 It is not simply God as God acting towards man, but He has Christ before Him, and hence there is no limit to the blessing….Christ the object before God, through whom God is going to bless according to all that is in His heart (Remarks on Ephesians 1:1-3 by W. Kelly)
 {the saints} Fully acknowledging the blessedness of what is corporate, what we have individually is higher still; and it is the way of God's Spirit to begin with this before entering upon what is common….He addresses “the Church of God at Corinth” as such, when he is speaking of points that concern order and discipline. Here he is going to look at Church in a far higher point of view; yet he begins with what is individual. (Remarks on Ephesians 1:1-3 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by God’s will, to the saints and faithful in Christ Jesus who are ata Ephesusb.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "in," as Acts 13.1; Rev. 2.1.
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It may be interesting to mention that though "at Ephesus" is found in almost all copies, many authorities would leave it out. Some, without sufficient ground, have considered it as a kind of circular. Compare Col. 4.16.

W. Kelly Translation

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Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, to the saints that are in Ephesus and faithfula in Christ Jesus.

WK Translation Notes

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The common class of faithful is obscured by putting in "the" before "faithful."