Ephesians 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν παραπτωμάτων, κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

In whom we echomen the apolytrōsin through the haimatos of him, the aphesin of the paraptōmatōn, according to the plouton of the charitos of him;

Grammar Details

• *En*: preposition governing dative - sphere/location
• *hō*: relative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - referring to *ēgapēmenō*
• *echomen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - main verb
• *apolytrōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - direct object
• *dia*: preposition governing genitive - means
• *haimatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - means
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
• *aphesin*: accusative, feminine, singular - in apposition to *apolytrōsin*
• *paraptōmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - objective genitive
• *kata*: preposition governing accusative - standard/norm
• *plouton*: accusative, masculine, singular - object of preposition
• *charitos*: genitive, feminine, singular - possessive

Word Meanings

• *echomen*: have/possess/hold
• *apolytrōsin*: redemption/ransom/deliverance
• *haimatos*: blood
• *aphesin*: forgiveness/remission/release
• *paraptōmatōn*: trespasses/transgressions/offenses
• *plouton*: riches/wealth/abundance
• *charitos*: grace/favor/goodwill

Referenced Verses

• Rom 3:24 : 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
• Col 1:14 : 14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
• 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 2:7 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
• 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;
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• Acts 2:38 : 38 And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Heb 9:12-15 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
• Heb 9:22 : 22 And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; 6 In whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure: 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God. 8 Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), 9 then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins: 12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
• Heb 10:17-18 : 17 And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
• 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• 1 John 2:12 : 12 I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• Col 2:2 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,
• Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• Titus 3:6 : 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 10:43 : 43 To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins: 39 and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
• Job 33:24 : 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
• Ps 32:1-2 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David. Maschil]. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 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 become rich.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
• Eph 2:4 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Rom 4:6-9 : 6 Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works, 7 [ saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom, the Lord will not reckon sin. 9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.
• Rom 9:23 : 23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
• Ps 130:7 : 7 O Israel, hope in Jehovah; For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, And with him is plenteous redemption.
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Dan 9:9 : 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
• Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times. 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
• Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
• Zech 9:11 : 11 As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
• Matt 20:28 : 28 even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.
• Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
• Luke 1:77 : 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,
• Luke 7:40-42 : 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on. 41 A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty. 42 When they had not [wherewith] to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
• Luke 7:47-50 : 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins? 50 And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• John 20:23 : 23 whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.