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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 1:19 - 1:19
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exceeding - “surpassing.”
power to us-ward who believe - The whole of the working of His grace, which He is carrying on, and will carry on, in us who believe. By the term “saints” (Eph 1:18), believers are regarded as absolutely perfected, and so as being God’s inheritance; in this verse, as in the course of fighting the good fight of faith.
according to - in accordance with, what might be expected from.
working - Greek, “the energizing”; translate, “the effectual working” (Eph 3:7). The same superhuman power was needed and exerted to make us believe, as was needed and exerted to raise Christ from the dead (Eph 1:20). Compare Phi 3:10, “the power of His resurrection” (Col 2:12; 1Pe 1:3-5).
of his mighty power - Greek, “of the strength of His might.”