Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
exceeding—"surpassing."
power to us-ward who believe—The whole of the working of His grace, which He is carrying on, and will carry on, in us who believe. By the term "saints" (Ephesians 1:18), believers are regarded as absolutely perfected, and so as being God's inheritance; in this verse, as in the course of fighting the good fight of faith.
according to—in accordance wit,h, what might be expected from.
working—Greek, "the energizing"; translate, "the effectual working" (Ephesians 3:7). The same superhuman power was needed and exerted to make us believe, as was needed and exerted to raise Christ from the dead (Ephesians 1:20). Compare Philippians 3:10, "the power of His resurrection" (Colossians 2:12; I Peter 1:3-5).
of his mighty power—Greek, "of the strength of His might."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ephesians 1:19:
1 Corinthians 12:9
1 Corinthians 15:19
Ephesians 2:1
Ephesians 2:8
Ephesians 3:7
Ephesians 4:16
Ephesians 6:10
Philippians 3:10
Colossians 1:11
Colossians 2:12
2 Thessalonians 2:9
2 Thessalonians 2:11
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