Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Ephesians 1:8

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

KJV

ἧς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ φρονήσει

Greek NT

quæ superabundavit in nobis in omni sapientia et prudentia :

Vulgate

which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

ASV

Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
περισσεύω
perisseuo
verb · 39×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
φρόνησις
phronesis
noun · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2627TWO fundamental forms express this movement: our prayer ascends in the Holy Spirit through Christ to the Father - we bless him for having blessed us;97 it implores the grace of the Holy Spirit that descends through Christ from the Father - he blesses us.98
§2641"[Address] one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart."124 Like the inspired writers of the New Testament, the first Christian communities read the Book of Psalms in a new way, singing in it the mystery of Christ. In the newness of the Spirit, they also composed hymns and canticles in the light of the unheard -…
§56If we examine closely this divine principle of life and power given by Christ, insofar as it constitutes the very source of every gift and created grace, we easily perceive that it is nothing else than the Holy spirit, the Paraclete, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and who is called in a special way, the "Spirit of Christ" or the "Spirit of the Son."[100] For it was b…

Cross-references

  • Col 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 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 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • 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
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Jude 1:25 — To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
  • Prov 8:12 — I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
  • Rev 5:12 — Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
  • Rom 5:15 — But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded un