Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ephesians 1:18
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18. understanding —The oldest manuscripts, versions, and Fathers, read "heart." Compare the contrary state of unbelieving, the heart being in fault ( Ephesians 4:18 ; Matthew 13:15 ). Translate, "Having the eyes of your heart enlightened" ( Ephesians 5:14 ; Matthew 4:16 ). The first effect of the Spirit moving in the new creation, as in the original physical creation ( Genesis 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ). So THEOPHILUS to AUTOLYCUS (1.3), "the ears of the heart." Where spiritual light is, there is life ( John 1:4 ). The heart is "the core of life" [HARLESS], and the fountain of the thoughts; whence "the heart" in Scripture includes the mind, as well as the inclination. Its "eye," or inward vision, both receives and contemplates the light ( Matthew 6:22 ; Matthew 6:23 ). The eye is the symbol of intelligence ( Matthew 6:23- : ). the hope of his calling —the hope appertaining to His having called you; or, to the calling wherewith He has called you. and —omitted in the oldest manuscripts and versions. riches of the glory — ( Colossians 1:27 ). his inheritance in the saints —The inheritance which he has in store in the case of the saints. I prefer explaining, "The inheritance which He has in his saints." (See on Ephesians 1:11 ; Deuteronomy 32:9 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
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