Ephesians 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
  • Prov 8:12 : 12 I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
  • Dan 2:20-21 : 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her [ works.
  • Rom 5:15 : 15 But not as the trespass, so also [is] the free gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound unto the many.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • 1 Cor 1:19-24 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 22 Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
  • 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 3:10 : 10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.
  • Rev 5:12 : 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.

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  • Eph 1:9-12
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    9making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

    10unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say],

    11in 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;

    12to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

  • Eph 1:3-7
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    3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

    4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

    5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

    6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

    7in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

  • 7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

  • Eph 1:17-20
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    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18having 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,

    19and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

    20which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] ,

  • Col 1:8-11
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    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

    9For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

    11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

  • Col 2:2-3
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    2that 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,

    3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

  • 30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

  • Eph 3:9-12
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    9and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

    10to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

    11according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

    12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

  • 3seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

  • 5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

    14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

  • 7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [

  • 4but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

  • 8And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

  • 7but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

  • 9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

  • 6which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

  • Eph 3:19-20
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    19and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

    20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26[ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

    27to 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:

  • 12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  • 11ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

  • 11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,

    4whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

  • 19For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

  • 8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

  • 16that 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;

  • 14and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  • 16For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

  • 12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.