Bible Strands
Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul, writing to the church in Ephesus, in the middle of a sustained prayer (1:16–23) that moves from thanksgiving into specific petitions for the believers.
The thread — The pairing of wisdom and divine self-disclosure echoes Isaiah 11:2's "Spirit of wisdom and understanding" and Colossians 1:9's request that God fill believers with "the knowledge of His will."
Why it lands — The petition is for a capacity to know God, not for moral reformation; it treats understanding as something God must give, not something the reader can manufacture through effort.
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The Greek words
King James Version
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Cross-references
- Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
- Proverbs 2:5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
- 2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
- Ephesians 3:18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
- 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.