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Ephesians 1:2

Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   God;   Scofield Reference Index - Church;   Gospel;   Grace;   Holy Spirit;   Sanctification;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Peace;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Family Life and Relations;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Covenant;   Eternity of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Election;   Ephesians, Book of;   Greeting;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the New Testament;   Election;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ephesians Epistle to the;   God;   Peace;   Peace (2);   Praise;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Quotations, New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
King James Version (1611)
Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
King James Version
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
English Standard Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New Century Version
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Legacy Standard Bible
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Contemporary English Version
I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
Complete Jewish Bible
Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
Darby Translation
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
Easy-to-Read Version
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
George Lamsa Translation
Peace be with you and grace from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ:
Good News Translation
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Lexham English Bible
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Literal Translation
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bible in Basic English
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrew Names Version
Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
International Standard Version
May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!Galatians 1:3; Titus 1:4;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
peace be with you, and grace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
Murdock Translation
Peace be with you, and grace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Grace be with you, and peace, from God our father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christe.
English Revised Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
World English Bible
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and to the faithful in Christ Jesus, Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Weymouth's New Testament
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
grace be to you and pees of God, oure fader, and oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
Update Bible Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Webster's Bible Translation
Grace [be] to you, and peace from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
New English Translation
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
New King James Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
New Living Translation
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
New Life Bible
May you have loving-favor and peace from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
New Revised Standard
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Grace be to you and peace, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Revised Standard Version
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
Young's Literal Translation
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, & fro the LORDE Iesus Christ.
Mace New Testament (1729)
grace be to you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Here's hoping that God doles out a mess of grace and peace on all of ya through Jesus.

Contextual Overview

1Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), by the will of God [that is, by His purpose and choice], To the saints (God's people) who are at Ephesus and are faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 1:7, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Titus 1:4

Reciprocal: Psalms 85:8 - unto his Daniel 4:1 - Peace Luke 11:2 - Our Romans 15:13 - fill 1 Corinthians 1:3 - General Galatians 1:4 - our 1 Thessalonians 1:1 - Grace 2 Thessalonians 1:7 - his mighty angels Philemon 1:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
The earth sprouted and abundantly produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God's provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years;
Job 26:7
"It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness And hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:14
"Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power], The faintest whisper of His voice! Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?"
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all their host by the breath of His mouth.
Isaiah 45:18
For the LORD, who created the heavens (He is God, who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited) says this, "I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
Nahum 2:10
She is emptied! She is desolate and waste! Hearts melting [in fear] and knees knocking! Anguish is in the whole body, And the faces of all grow pale!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Grace be to you, and peace from God,....

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Grace to you, ... - see the notes, Romans 1:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ephesians 1:2. Grace be to youRomans 1:7; Romans 1:7.


 
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