Spiritual Wisdom

Paul says that since hearing of their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints, he has not stopped giving thanks for them in prayer. He asks that God would grant them wisdom and revelation, enlightening the eyes of their hearts to know the hope of his calling, the riches of his inheritance, and the surpassing greatness of his power toward believers.

F¹⁵or this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, ¹⁶I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. ¹⁸I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

That power, Paul says, is the same power God worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him in the heavenly realms far above every rule and authority. God placed all things under Christ's feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all in all.

²⁰which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²²And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, ²³which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.