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that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

That he might shew (ινα ενδειξητα). Final clause with ινα and first aorist middle subjunctive of ενδεικνυμ. See 1:7 for "riches of…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That in the ages to come. In all future times. The sense is that the riches of Divine grace and the Divine kindness would be shown in the …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

In the ages to come.—Properly, the ages which are coming on—the ages both of time and of eternity, regarded as one great …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

All this was done by God in Christ with a single end in view: to demonstrate in successive ages “the incomparable riches of his grace” (cf. 1:7, 18…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

That in the ages to come. The final and true cause — the glory of God — is again mentioned, so that the Ephesians, by making it the subjec…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

That in the ages to come
This is the end of God's permitting sin, in which men are morally dead; and of his sufferin…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespa es and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it evokes an awfu…

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