Efesus 1:6

1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace ¹  that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. ² 

Efesus 1:19

1:19 and what is the incomparable ³  greatness of his power toward ⁴  us who believe, as displayed in ⁵  the exercise of his immense strength. ⁶ 

Efesus 1:23

1:23 Now the church is ⁷  his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. ⁸ 

Efesus 5:31

5:31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become ⁹  one flesh. ¹⁰ 

Efesus 6:8

6:8 because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this ¹¹  will be rewarded by the Lord.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “to the praise of his glorious grace.” Many translations translate δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ (doxh" th" carito" autou, literally “of the glory of his grace”) with τῆς χάριτος as an attributed genitive (cf., e.g., NIV, NRSV, ESV). The translation above has retained a literal rendering in order to make clear the relationship of this phrase to the other two similar phrases in v. 12 and 14, which affect the way one divides the material in the passage.

[1:6]  ² tn Grk “the beloved.” The term ἠγαπημένῳ (hgaphmenw) means “beloved,” but often bears connotations of “only beloved” in an exclusive sense. “His dearly loved Son” picks up this connotation.

[1:6]  sn God’s grace can be poured out on believers only because of what Christ has done for them. Hence, he bestows his grace on us because we are in his dearly loved Son.

[1:19]  ³ tn Or “immeasurable, surpassing”

[1:19]  ⁴ tn Or “for, to”

[1:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “according to.”

[1:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “according to the exercise of the might of his strength.”

[1:19]  sn What has been translated as exercise is a term used only of supernatural power in the NT, ἐνέργεια (energeia).

[1:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “which is.” The antecedent of “which” is easily lost in English, though in Greek it is quite clear. In the translation “church” is repeated to clarify the referent.

[1:23]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “who is filled entirely.”

[1:23]  sn The idea of all in all is either related to the universe (hence, he fills the whole universe entirely) or the church universal (hence, Christ fills the church entirely with his presence and power).

[5:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “the two shall be as one flesh.”

[5:31]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[6:8]  ¹¹ sn The pronoun “this” (τοῦτο, touto) stands first in its clause for emphasis, and stresses the fact that God will reward those, who in seeking him, do good.