Ephesians 3

Where it is preached

1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   II. It is no sign that affections have the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they have great effects on the body cites Eph. 3:7

   …great power in spiritual affections: we read of the power which worketh in Christians,22 Eph. 3:7. and of the Spirit of God being in them as the Spirit of power,33 2 Tim. 1:7. and of the…

2. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

   Forgiveness cites Eph. iii. 8

   …I cannot describe its fulness as I ought. Its riches are indeed unsearchable. (Eph. iii. 8.) But if you will turn away from it, you shall not be able to say in the day of judgment…

3. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites Eph. iii. 16

   …with might in the inner man,” it is by “Christ’s dwelling in our hearts by faith,” Eph. iii. 16, 17. That this work is not to be done without the Spirit I have also showed before.…

4. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

   Conformed to the Image of Christ cites Ephesians 3:17

   …no matter how strenuous they may be. Christ is to “dwell in your hearts through faith” (Ephesians 3:17), and He can dwell there in no other way. Paul, when he tells us that he was crucified…

5. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

   God is Enough cites Ephesians 3:20

   …He is able and willing to do for us “far more abundantly than all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20), then peace and comfort cannot fail to reign supreme. Everything depends upon whether…

6. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

   Enoch cites Ephesians 3:3

   …in’ (Romans 11:25), the mystery of His will (Ephesians 1:9), the mystery of Gentiles (Ephesians 3:3), the mystery of marriage (Ephesians 5:32), the mystery of the Gospel (Ephesians 6:19)…

7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   The Being of God cites Eph 3:3

   …of beauty and of love. His riches are called unsearchable, because they are infinite. Eph 3:3. Stretch your thoughts as much as you can, there is that in God which exceeds; it is an…

8. The Secret of Guidance · F. B. Meyer

   The Secret of Christ’s Indwelling cites Eph. iii. 6

   …of the body, and fellow‑partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Eph. iii. 6). The second, however, well deserves our further thought, for if only it could be…

9. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   Sit: Our Position in Christ cites Ephesians 3:6

   …of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel” (Ephesians 3:6, ASV). Nee's reading of God's eternal purpose gave the church immense significance. The…

10. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Fallibility of Ministers cites Ephes. iii. 6

    …Gentiles as “fellow-heirs and partakers of the promise of Christ in the Gospel” (Ephes. iii. 6), he suddenly became shy of them and withdrew himself. He seemed to think they were less…

11. Faithful With Little · Ochorus Originals

    The Riches of Christ cites Ephesians 3:8

    …inheritance. Paul calls it “the riches of Christ, riches no one can ever fully trace” (Ephesians 3:8). Everything we most need, Jesus bought for us at the cost of everything He had. We came…

12. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility and Sin cites Ephesians 3:8

    …this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8). “Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received…

13. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    March cites Ephesians 3:8

    …grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:8) The apostle Paul felt it a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel. He did…

14. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Ephesians 3:8

    …any living soul, “Seek ye me in vain.” August 22 “The unsearchable riches of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:8) My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the…

15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites Ephes. iii. 8

    …than the least of all saints,”—“I am chief of sinners.” (Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 9; Ephes. iii. 8; 1 Tim. i. 15.) The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn, he hangs down…

16. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Assurance cites Ephes. iii. 8

    …“all sin and uncleanness.” He who thought himself “less than the least of all saints” (Ephes. iii. 8), had a lively and abiding feeling of his own weakness. But he had a still livelier…

17. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Unsearchable Riches cites Ephesians iii. 8

    …grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Ephesians iii. 8. IF we heard that sentence read for the first time, I think we should all feel it was a…

18. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Assurance cites Eph 3:8

    …Is he proud of this jewel? No. ‘To me who am less than the least of all saints.’ Eph 3:8. The more love a Christian receives from God, the more he sees himself a debtor to free…

19. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Christ’s Power to Save cites Eph. iii. 8

    …there is in Him a “love which passeth knowledge He is an “unspeakable gift. “(Col. i. 19; Eph. iii. 8; iii. 19; 2 Cor. ix. 15.) There is no end to all the riches which are treasured up in…

20. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Eph. iii. 10

    …before the world was; which none of the princes of this world knew,” 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8. Eph. iii. 10, it is called, “The manifold wisdom of God;” and to discover the depth and riches of this…

21. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Eph. iii. 10

    …with them. And this is done two ways:— 1st. Generally, by the doctrine of the gospel. Eph. iii. 10, “Unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places is made known by the church the…

22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Eph. 3:10

    …and the Church is to them a theatre in which they behold the manifold wisdom of God (Eph. 3:10). Those who transfer to others this office which is peculiar to them, certainly pervert…

23. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 18 — The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint cites Eph. 3:10

    …mystery, and shortly after adds, that therein was manifested the manifold wisdom of God (Eph. 3:10). Since, on account of the dullness of our sense, the wisdom of God seems manifold (or…

24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Eph. 3:10

    …not in himself will opposites, but, according to his manifold wisdom (so Paul styles it, Eph. 3:10), transcends our senses, until such time as it shall be given us to know how he…

25. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Overcomers and the Reward cites EPHESIANS 3:11

    …recovered. According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. EPHESIANS 3:11 The consummation is a corporate one: a Body prepared, a Bride made ready, a city…

26. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Eph. iii. 11

    …own purpose, and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” So ( Eph. iii. 11.) speaking of the wisdom of God in the work of redemption, “according to the eternal…

27. Communion with God · John Owen

    That the saints have communion with God cites Eph. iii. 12

    …iii. 15, 16, etc. But now in Christ we have boldness and access with confidence to God, Eph. iii. 12. This boldness and access with confidence the saints of old were not acquainted with. By…

28. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Self-Exertion cites Eph. iii. 12

    …Me." (John xiv. 6.) "By Him," says Paul, "we have boldness and access with confidence." (Eph. iii. 12.) Thus was the gate of salvation formed. This gate is called the strait gate, and it is…

29. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    The Devices of Satan cites Ephesians 3:12

    …8:1). ● Have direct access to God (Ephesians 2:18). ● May come to God confidently (Ephesians 3:12). For a more complete list, read your Bible! It used to be that there was a simple remedy…

30. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Eph. 3:12

    …are, “In whom (Christ) we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him,” (Eph. 3:12) thus undoubtedly showing that our faith is not true unless it enables us to appear…

31. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 13 — Two Things to Be Observed in Gratuitous Justification cites Eph. 3:12

    …passage, “In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him,” (Eph. 3:12). This, certainly, is not obtained by the gift of regeneration, which, as it is always…

32. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Christ Is All cites Ephes. iii. 12

    …confidence by the faith of Him.” In Him alone can God be just, and justify the ungodly. (Ephes. iii. 12; Rom. iii. 26.) Wherewith can any mortal man come before God? What can we bring as a plea…

33. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites Ephes. iii. 12

    …to God. In Him we may draw near to God with boldness, and have access with confidence. (Ephes. iii. 12.) Laying our hand on Him and His atonement, we may “come boldly to the throne of grace…

34. Communion with God · John Owen

    That this communion is distinctly with the Father, Son, and Spirit cites Eph. iii. 14

    …worship, are peculiarly directed unto him. “Ye call on the Father,” 1 Pet. i. 17. Eph. iii. 14, 15, “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the…

35. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites Eph. iii. 14

    …Eph. i. 16: “I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” Eph. iii. 14: “I bow my knees to the Father, that He would grant you to be strengthened with might by…

36. The Key Teachings of Derek Prince · Ochorus Originals

    Husbands and Fathers cites EPHESIANS 3:14–15

    …Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. EPHESIANS 3:14–15 Derek Prince became a husband and a father in one day. When he married Lydia Christensen…

37. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    April cites Eph 3:14

    …his knees, even though his hands were chained, to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph 3:14). But we can pray also as we walk, or sit, or ride. Nehemiah flashed a prayer to the God…

38. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Sections 15-21 cites Eph. 3:14

    …of Christ, which passeth knowledge; that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.’ (Eph. 3:14, &c) (4.) ‘The very God of peace sanctify you wholly. And I pray God, your whole spirit…

39. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The Family of God cites Ephes. iii. 15

    "The whole family in heaven and earth."—Ephes. iii. 15. The words which form the title of this paper ought to stir some feelings in our minds at…

40. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 14 — How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator cites Eph. 3:15

    …a mutual relation to the Son, “of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,” (Eph. 3:15). Hence it is easy to infer, that under the Law and the Prophets he was the Son of God…

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