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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 1:17 - 1:17
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A fit prayer for all Christians.
the God of our Lord Jesus - appropriate title here; as in Eph 1:20-22 he treats of God’s raising Jesus to be Head over all things to the Church. Jesus Himself called the Father “My God” (Mat 27:46).
the Father of glory - (Compare Act 7:2). The Father of that infinite glory which shines in the face of Christ, who is “the glory” (the true Shekinah); through whom also “the glory of the inheritance” (Eph 1:18) shall be ours (Joh 17:24; 2 Corinthians 3:7-4:6).
the spirit of wisdom - whose attribute is infinite wisdom and who works wisdom in believers (Isa 11:2).
and revelation - whose function it is to reveal to believers spiritual mysteries (Joh 16:14, Joh 16:15; 1Co 2:10).
in the knowledge - rather, as Greek (see on 1Co 13:12), “in the full knowledge of Him,” namely, God.