1 Od Pavla, po volji Božijoj apostola Isusa Hrista, svetima koji su u Efesu, i vernima u Hristu Isusu: 2 Blagodat vam i mir od Boga Oca našeg i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 3 Blagosloven Bog i Otac Gospoda našeg Isusa Hrista, koji nas je blagoslovio svakim blagoslovom duhovnim na nebesima kroz Hrista; 4 kao što nas izabra kroz Njega pre postanja sveta, da budemo sveti i pravedni pred Njim u ljubavi, 5 odredivši nas napred kroz Isusa Hrista sebi na posinaštvo, po ugodnosti volje svoje, 6 na pohvalu slavne blagodati svoje kojom nas oblagodati u Ljubaznome, 7 u kome imamo izbavljenje krvlju Njegovom, i oproštenje greha, po bogatstvu blagodati Njegove, 8 koju je preumnožio u nama u svakoj premudrosti i razumu, 9 pokazavši nam tajnu volje svoje, po ugodnosti svojoj koju napred pokaza u Njemu, 10 za uredbu izvršetka vremena, da se sve sastavi u Hristu što je na nebesima i na zemlji. U Njemu, 11 kroz kog i naslednici postasmo, napred određeni bivši po naredbi Boga koji sve čini po savetu volje svoje, 12 da bismo bili na hvalu slave Njegove, mi koji smo se napred uzdali u Hrista, 13 kroz kog i vi, čuvši reč istine, jevanđelje spasenja svog, u kome i verovavši zapečatiste se Svetim Duhom obećanja, 14 koji je zalog nasledstva našeg za izbavljenje tečevine na hvalu slave Njegove. 15 Zato i ja čuvši vašu veru u Hrista Isusa, i ljubav k svima svetima, 16 ne prestajem zahvaljivati za vas, i spominjati vas u svojim molitvama, 17 da Bog Gospoda našeg Isusa Hrista, Otac slave, dade vam Duha premudrosti i otkrivenja da Ga poznate, 18 i bistre oči srca vašeg da biste mogli videti šta je nada Njegovog zvanja, i koje je bogatstvo slave nasledstva Njegovog u svetima, 19 i kakva je izobilna veličina sile Njegove na nama koji verujemo po činjenju prevelike sile Njegove, 20 koju učini u Hristu, kad Ga podiže iz mrtvih i posadi sebi s desne strane na nebesima, 21 nad svim poglavarstvima, i vlastima, i silama, i gospodstvima, i nad svakim imenom što se može nazvati, ne samo na ovom svetu nego i na onom koji ide. 22 I sve pokori pod noge Njegove, i Njega dade za glavu crkvi, nad svima, 23 koja je telo Njegovo, punina Onog koji sve ispunjava u svemu.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Colossians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:1–2; Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:1
- 2 Romans 1:7; Galatians 1:3; Titus 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:2
- 3 1 Peter 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 2:6; Genesis 22:18; Revelation 5:9–14
- 4 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 8:28–30; Ephesians 2:10; Matthew 25:34; 1 Peter 2:9
- 5 Romans 8:29–30; Ephesians 1:11; Galatians 4:5–6; John 1:12; 1 John 3:1
- 6 Romans 3:22–26; Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 1:12; Philippians 4:19; Ephesians 1:7–8
- 7 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 3:24; Colossians 1:14; 1 John 1:7–9; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 8 Revelation 5:12; Ephesians 3:10; Romans 5:15; Colossians 2:3; Psalm 104:24
- 9 Colossians 1:26–28; Romans 16:25–27; Ephesians 3:3–9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:11
- 10 Colossians 1:20; Philippians 2:9–10; Galatians 4:4; Daniel 2:44; Mark 1:15
- 11 Romans 8:28; 1 Peter 1:4; Isaiah 46:10–11; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 1:5
- 12 Ephesians 1:6; Jeremiah 17:5–7; Ephesians 1:13–14; Isaiah 42:1–4; Ephesians 3:21
- 13 2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Galatians 3:14
- 14 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 4:30; Galatians 4:6; Romans 8:15–17
- 15 Philemon 5; Colossians 1:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:10; 1 John 4:21
- 16 Romans 1:8–9; Colossians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Colossians 1:3; 1 Samuel 12:23
- 17 Isaiah 11:2; James 3:17–18; Colossians 1:9–10; Proverbs 2:5; 2 Peter 1:3
- 18 Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Luke 24:45; 1 John 3:1–3; Ephesians 1:7
- 19 Philippians 2:13; Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 3:20; Colossians 1:29; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 20 Hebrews 10:12; Mark 16:19; Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3; Matthew 28:18
- 21 Philippians 2:9–11; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 1:15–16; 1 Peter 3:22; Hebrews 1:4
- 22 Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 15:25–27; Psalm 8:6–8; Hebrews 2:8
- 23 Colossians 1:18–19; John 1:16; Colossians 2:9–10; Ephesians 4:12; Ephesians 3:19
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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And Thou, O Lord, hadst already magnified Thy Holy One, raising Him from the dead, and setting Him at Thy right hand, whence from on high He should send His promise, the Paraclete, "the Spirit of Truth." And He had already sent Him, but I knew it not; He had sent Him, because He was now magnified, rising again from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
And charging the Ephesians, he thus speaks, According to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand; and the rest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And an indication of this is found in the fact that wherever the Natures are distinguished in our thoughts from one another, the Names are also distinguished; as you hear in Paul's words, "The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory." The God of Christ, but the Father of glory.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)