THANKSGIVING FOR THEIR DIVINE ORDINATION TO THE BLESSINGS OF GRACE. In this glorious anthem, in which the apostle, tracing all to the Divine Fountain, enumerates the glorious privileges of the Church, and blesses God for them, he first (Ephesians 1:3) states summarily the ground of thanksgiving, expanding it with glowing fullness in Ephesians 1:4-14.
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Ephesians 1:3-14
Ephesians 1:3-14
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Ephesians 1 — OverviewEphesians 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The introduction to the whole epistle,
which is much the same as in others, ver. 1, 2. II. The apostle's
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of fluency and copiousness of affection upon the exceedingly great and
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(1) the Author of our blessings;
(2) their nature and sphere;…Ephesians 1:3Ephesians 1:3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe blessings of redemption.
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