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Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

KJV

εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ,

Greek NT

in laudem gloriæ gratiæ suæ, in qua gratificavit nos in dilecto Filio suo.

Vulgate

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

ASV

Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
χαριτόω
charitoo
verb · 2×
ἀγαπάω
agapao
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔπαινος
epainos
noun · 11×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἧς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἧς | RP: ἐν ᾗ
  • ἧςSBLGNT
  • ἧςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν ᾗRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

§294The glory of God consists in the realization of this manifestation and communication of his goodness, for which the world was created. God made us "to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace",138 for "the glory of God is man fully alive; moreover man's life is the vision of God: if God's revelation through crea…
§1077"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us before him in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of hi…
§1083The dual dimension of the Christian liturgy as a response of faith and love to the spiritual blessings the Father bestows on us is thus evident. On the one hand, the Church, united with her Lord and "in the Holy Spirit,"5 blesses the Father "for his inexpressible gift6 in her adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. On the other hand, until the consummation of God's plan, the Churc…
…and 2 more from this source.
Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby, before the foundations of the world were laid, he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Is grace fittingly divided into gratuitous grace and sanctifying grace? The division into operating and cooperating grace The division of it into prevenient and subsequent grace The division of gratuitous grace The comparison between sanctifying and gratuitous grace Article 1. Whether grace is fittingly divided into sanctifying grace and gratuitous grace? Objection 1. It would …
Q. Why is he called God's only begotten Son when we also are children of God? A. Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God. We, however, are adopted children of God — adopted by grace through Christ.
Election is God's unchangeable purpose by which he did the following: Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of his will, God chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race, which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin. Those chosen were neither …
God has decreed in Himself from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things whatsoever come to pass. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of His glorious grace; others being left to act in their s…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:28 — Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
  • 1Pet 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  • 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • 1Pet 4:11 — If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be p
  • 1Tim 1:14 — And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 1Tim 1:16 — Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
  • 2Cor 1:20 — For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
  • 2Cor 4:15 — For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
  • 2Cor 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • 2Cor 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • 2Kgs 19:34 — For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
  • 2Sam 7:23 — And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy lan
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Acts 10:35 — But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
  • Acts 15:11 — But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Dan 9:9 — To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
  • Eph 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
  • Eph 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
  • Eph 1:12 — That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Eph 1:12 — That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Eph 1:14 — Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
  • Eph 1:14 — Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
  • Eph 1:18 — 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,
  • Eph 2:7 — That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Eph 3:21 — Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
  • Exod 28:38 — And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead,
  • Exod 33:19 — And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will she
  • Exod 40:6 — And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
  • Ezek 20:44 — And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD
  • Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
  • Gen 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
  • Hos 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
  • Hos 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
  • Isa 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  • Isa 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait