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That the Godq of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdomr and revelation λin the knowledge of him:

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John 20:17• ¹⁷Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. (John 20:17)

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Col. 1:9• ⁹For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, (Col. 1:9)

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the God.

Eph. 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; (Eph. 1:3)

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John 20:17• ¹⁷Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. (John 20:17)

the Father.

1 Chron. 29:11• ¹¹Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all; (1 Chron. 29:11)

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Psa. 24:7,10• ⁷Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa. 24:7,10)

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Psa. 29:3• ³The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the *God of glory thundereth,--Jehovah upon great waters. (Psa. 29:3)

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Jer. 2:11• ¹¹Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods;--but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. (Jer. 2:11)

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Matt. 6:13• ¹³and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil. (Matt. 6:13)

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Luke 2:14• ¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men. (Luke 2:14)

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Acts 7:2• ²And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (Acts 7:2)

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1 Cor. 2:8• ⁸which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;) (1 Cor. 2:8)

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James 2:1• ¹My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons: (James 2:1)

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Rev. 7:12• ¹²saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen. (Rev. 7:12)

the spirit.

Gen. 41:38‑39• ³⁸And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
³⁹And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. (Gen. 41:38‑39)

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Isa. 11:2• ²and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. (Isa. 11:2)

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Dan. 5:11• ¹¹There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, even the king thy father, made him master of the scribes, magicians, Chaldeans, and astrologers; (Dan. 5:11)

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Luke 12:12• ¹²for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said. (Luke 12:12)

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Luke 21:15• ¹⁵for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist. (Luke 21:15)

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John 14:17,26• ¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.
²⁶but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, *he* shall teach you all things, and will bring to your remembrance all the things which I have said to you. (John 14:17,26)

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Acts 6:10• ¹⁰And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. (Acts 6:10)

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1 Cor. 12:8• ⁸For to one, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; (1 Cor. 12:8)

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1 Cor. 14:6• ⁶And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching? (1 Cor. 14:6)

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Col. 1:9• ⁹For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, (Col. 1:9)

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Col. 2:3• ³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge. (Col. 2:3)

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James 3:17‑18• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
¹⁸But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:17‑18)

revelation.

Eph. 3:5• ⁵which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the power of the Spirit, (Eph. 3:5)

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Dan. 2:28‑30• ²⁸but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:
²⁹--as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.
³⁰And as for me, this secret is revealed to me, not by any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation should be made known to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. (Dan. 2:28‑30)

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Dan. 10:1• ¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. (Dan. 10:1)

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Matt. 11:25• ²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. (Matt. 11:25)

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Matt. 16:17• ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 16:17)

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1 Cor. 2:10• ¹⁰but God has revealed to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. (1 Cor. 2:10)

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2 Cor. 12:1• ¹Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (2 Cor. 12:1)

in the knowledge.

or, for the acknowledgement.

Eph. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height;
¹⁹and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled even to all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:18‑19)

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Prov. 2:5• ⁵then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:5)

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Jer. 9:24• ²⁴but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:24)

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Jer. 24:7• ⁷And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jer. 24:7)

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Jer. 31:34• ³⁴And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. (Jer. 31:34)

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Matt. 11:27• ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)

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John 8:54‑55• ⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.
⁵⁵And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word. (John 8:54‑55)

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John 16:3• ³and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me. (John 16:3)

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John 17:3,25‑26• ³And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
²⁵Righteous Father,--and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
²⁶And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them. (John 17:3,25‑26)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:28)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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Col. 2:2• ²to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God; (Col. 2:2)

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2 Tim. 2:25• ²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth, (2 Tim. 2:25)

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Titus 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety; (Titus 1:1)

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2 Peter 1:3• ³As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue, (2 Peter 1:3)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

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1 John 2:3‑4• ³And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
⁴He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; (1 John 2:3‑4)

• God is called the Father of glory here, as being its source and author. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• This prayer is founded on the title of “God of our Lord Jesus Christ”; that of chapter 3 on the title of “Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” There it is more communion than counsels. God is called the Father of glory here, as being its source and author. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• He is “the Father of glory” as being the great Head and Fountain of all heavenly blessedness, the One from whom it all came to His own name and praise. This at once lets us into the secret of the prayer. Glory is the main thought—not the only, but the most prominent, feature of the prayer. (“Remarks on Ephesians 1:15-23” by W. Kelly)

• The proper meaning of the word is “the full knowledge of Him.” They already knew Him, but He prayed that they might know Him more. He wanted them to be fathers in Christ, and what constitutes a father is a deep and growing knowledge of Christ Himself. (“Remarks on Ephesians 1:15-23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him,

W. Kelly Translation

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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in full knowledge of him,