Ephesians 1:18

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¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

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.

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

¹⁹ and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

²⁰ which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
KJV: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
WEB: having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
ASV: having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
DARBY: being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
BLB: the eyes your⁺ of heart being enlightened for you⁺ to know what is the hope of His calling, what [are] the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

ÅB: og gi deres hjerte opplyste øyne, så dere kan forstå hvilket håp det er han har kalt dere til, og hvor rik på herlighet hans arv er iblant de hellige,
OTB: Jeg ber om at deres hjertes øyne må bli opplyst, så dere kan forstå hvilket håp Han har kalt dere til, hvor rik på herlighet Hans arv er blant de hellige,
B1930: og gi eders hjerte oplyste øine, så I kan forstå hvilket håp det er han har kalt eder til, og hvor rik på herlighet hans arv er iblandt de hellige,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
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2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
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1 John 3:1–3
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
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Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
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Psalms 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
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Ephesians 3:16
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
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Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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