Ephesians 1:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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,

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  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 4:4 : 4 [ There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
  • 1 John 3:1-3 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Heb 10:32 : 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
  • 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .
  • Rom 5:4-5 : 4 and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope: 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;
  • Phil 3:14 : 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 1:5 : 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
  • 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Heb 6:4 : 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
  • Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

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