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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 1:15 - 1:15
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Wherefore - because ye are in Christ and sealed by His Spirit (Eph 1:13, Eph 1:14).
I also - on my part, in return for God’s so great benefits to you.
after I heard - ever since I have heard. Not implying that he had only heard of their conversion: an erroneous argument used by some against the address of this Epistle to the Ephesians (see on Eph 1:1); but referring to the report he had heard since he was with them, as to their Christian graces. So in the case of Philemon, his “beloved fellow laborer” (Phm 1:1), he uses the same words (Phm 1:4, Phm 1:5).
your faith - rather, as Greek, “the faith among you,” that is, which many (not all) of you have.
love unto all the saints - of whatever name, simply because they are saints. A distinguishing characteristic of true Christianity (Eph 6:24). “Faith and love he often joins together. A wondrous pair” [Chrysostom]. Hope is added, Eph 1:18.