17 [I
always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives
you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of
Him [for we know the Father through the Son]. 18 And
[I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your
being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so
that you will know and cherish the hope
[the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has
called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people), 19 and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and
surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who
believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength 20 which He produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far
above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or
human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title
that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things [in every realm] in subjection under Christ’s feet, and appointed Him as [supreme and authoritative] head over all things in the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills and completes all things in all [believers].
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