King James Version
What Does Ephesians 1:2 Mean?
“Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Context
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: places: or, things
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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **Grace be to you, and peace.**—On this, St. Paul’s all but invariable salutation in every Epistle (found also in the Epistles of St. Peter, 2 John, and Apocalypse), see Note on Romans 1:7.
(2 *a.*) In Ephesians 1:3-6, the first section of the Introduction, the Epistle ascends at once into “the heavenly places,” naturally catching therefrom the tone of adoration and thanksgiving. It dwells on the election of the children of God by His predestinating love—an election based on His will, designed for His glory, and carrying with it the blessings of the Spirit, through which they become holy and unblamable before Him. On the whole section comp. Romans 8:28-30.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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