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Ephesians 1:19

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

KJV

καὶ τί τὸ ὑπερβάλλον μέγεθος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς πιστεύοντας κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ κράτους τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ

Greek NT

et quæ sit supereminens magnitudo virtutis ejus in nos, qui credimus secundum operationem potentiæ virtutis ejus,

Vulgate

and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

ASV

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κράτος
kratos
noun · 12×
μέγεθος
megethos
noun · 1×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐνέργεια
energeia
noun · 8×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἰσχύς
ischus
noun · 10×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπερβάλλω
uperballo
verb · 5×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§272Faith in God the Father Almighty can be put to the test by the experience of evil and suffering. God can sometimes seem to be absent and incapable of stopping evil. But in the most mysterious way God the Father has revealed his almighty power in the voluntary humiliation and Resurrection of his Son, by which he conquered evil. Christ crucified is thus "the power of God and the …
§648Christ's Resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent intervention of God himself in creation and history. In it the three divine persons act together as one, and manifest their own proper characteristics. the Father's power "raised up" Christ his Son and by doing so perfectly introduced his Son's humanity, including his body, into the Trinity. Jesus is concl…
§2632Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ.107 There is a hierarchy in these petitions: we pray first for the Kingdom, then for what is necessary to welcome it and cooperate with its coming. This collaboration with the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit, which is now that of the Church, is the objec…
Canons of Dort · 3 passages
And this is the regeneration, the new creation, the raising from the dead, and the making alive so clearly proclaimed in the Scriptures, which God works in us without our help. But this certainly does not happen only by outward teaching, by moral persuasion, or by such a way of working that, after God has done his part, it remains in human power to be regenerated or not regener…
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that the grace by which we are converted to God is nothing but a gentle persuasion, or (as others explain it) that the way of God's acting in human conversion that is most noble and most suitable to the human nature is that which happens by persuasion, and that there is nothing to prevent this grace of moral persuasion from even m…
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that God in regenerating human beings does not bring to bear that power of his omnipotence whereby he may powerfully and unfailingly bend the human will to faith and conversion, but that even when God has accomplished all the works of grace which he uses for their conversion, human beings nevertheless can, and in actual fact often…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:14 — And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
  • 1Cor 12:6 — And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
  • 1Thess 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • 2Cor 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
  • 2Pet 1:3 — According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Acts 13:48 — And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
  • Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 2:12 — Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
  • Col 2:12 — Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Deut 32:3 — Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
  • Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Eph 2:6 — And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 3:7 — Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
  • Eph 3:7 — Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Eph 6:10 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Eph 6:10 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Gal 1:1 — Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
  • Isa 53:1 — Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
  • Jas 1:18 — Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
  • Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  • Mark 12:24 — And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
  • Nah 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
  • Ps 28:5 — Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
  • Ps 106:2 — Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
  • Ps 110:2 — The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
  • Ps 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.