Ephesians 3:20 (BSB)
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
From Ephesians 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Ephesians 3:20
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Ephesians 3:20: 20. Now to him. He now breaks out into thanksgiving, which serves the additional purpose of exhorting the Ephesians to maintain “good hope through grace,” (2 Thessalonians 2:16,) and to endeavor constantly to obtain more and more adequate conceptions of the value of the grace of God. Who is able. “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Ephesians 3:14-21: We now come to the second part of this chapter, which contains Paul's devout and affectionate prayer to God for his beloved Ephesians. - For this cause. This may be referred either to the immediately foregoing verse, That you faint not, etc., or, rather, the apostle is here resuming what he began at the first verse, from which he digressed in those which are interposed. Observe, I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Ephesians 3:20: Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus,.... This is a doxology, or an ascription of glory to God, with which the apostle concludes his prayer; glory is to be given to God on account of his perfections, which are to be celebrated; and on account of the works of creation and Providence, which are to be commended and acquiesced in; and on...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Ephesians 3:20: Verse 20. Now unto him. It is not uncommon for Paul to utter an ascription of praise in the midst of an argument. See ; . Here his mind is full of the subject; and in view of the fact that God communicates to his people such blessings, that they may become filled with all his fairness, he desires that praise should be given to him.