Ephesians | Session 6 | 1:14-17

In our study today we take another look at verse 10 regarding the fulfillment of times, and Paul's specific prayer for the Ephesian believers.

Verse 15: Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,  Paul is pleased by their faith and love for each other. 

Verse 16: Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;  As a result he is thankful for them and prays for them. 

Verse 17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  His prayer is that the Ephesian believers would have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Wisdom is by definition just good sense. Revelation is a revealing or enlightenment. Knowledge is the fact or condition of being aware of something, i.e., information. 

His prayer is that we would have a spirit of good sense and enlightenment that comes only through a knowledge of him. Man, that explains a lot in the wicked world in which we live! They have no wisdom or revelation because they do not know him (Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10; Psalms 111:10; Proverbs 2:1-5; etc).