EPH 1:18 Parallel Verse View

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ULT the eyes of your heart having been enlightened for you to know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

UST I pray that God may enable you to see things as they truly are so that you may know the wonderful plan that God has for us because he has called us to be his people. I pray that you may know how wonderful and abundant are the things he promises to give to us and to all the believers.

BSB [I ask that] the eyes of your heart[fn] may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

BLB the eyes your of heart being enlightened, in order for you to know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

AICNT having the eyes of your heart enlightened to know what is the hope of his calling, [[and]][fn] what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,

1:18, and: Later manuscripts add. BYZ

OEB that your minds may be so enlightened that you may realise the hope given by God’s call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ’s people,

WEBBE having the eyes of your hearts[fn] enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

1:18 TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts”

WMBB having the eyes of your hearts[fn] enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the holy ones,

1:18 TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts”

NET – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

LSV the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones,

FBV May your minds be enlightened so you can understand the hope he's called you to— the glorious riches he promises as an inheritance to his holy people.

TCNT I pray that the eyes of your [fn]heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

1:18 heart ¦ understanding TR

T4T And I pray that God would enable you to understand [MTY] his truth, in order that in your ◄inner beings/hearts► you may know the things that we believers should confidently expect to receive because he chose us to be his people. And I pray that you will know how God will bless his people in a very wonderful way when we finally receive all that he has promised to give us.

LEB No LEB EPH book available

BBE And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

Moff No Moff EPH book available

Wymth the eyes of your understanding being enlightened so that you may know what is the hope which His call to you inspires, what the wealth of the glory of His inheritance in God's people,

ASV having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

DRA The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

YLT the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Drby being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

RV having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
(having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye/you_all may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, )

SLT The eyes of your understanding enlightened; for you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the holy ones,

Wbstr The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

KJB-1769 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
(The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye/you_all may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, )

KJB-1611 The eyes of your vnderstanding being inlightned: that yee may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glorie of his inheritance in the Saints:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps EPH book available

Gnva That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,
(That the eyes of your understanding may be lightened, that ye/you_all may know what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints, )

Cvdl No Cvdl EPH book available

TNT and lighten the eyes of youre myndes that ye myght knowe what that hope is where vnto he hath called you and what the riches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the sainctes
(and lighten the eyes of your(pl) minds that ye/you_all might know what that hope is where unto he hath/has called you and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the sainctes )

Wycl No Wycl EPH book available

Luth No Luth EPH book available

ClVg illuminatos oculos cordis vestri, ut sciatis quæ sit spes vocationis ejus, et quæ divitiæ gloriæ hæreditatis ejus in sanctis,[fn]
(himinatos the_eyes of_the_heart yours, as sciatis which let_it_be hope he_callsionis his, and which wealth of_glory hæreditatis his in/into/on to_the_saints, )

1.18 Oculos cordis. In imagine ergo sua cognosce auctorem ejus, qui corporali sensu non attingitur. Ne ergo putetis corporeo sensu Deum attingi, sed oculis mentis, ipsum audite. In corpore, ubi diversa membra sunt, alibi audis, alibi vides. In corde autem tuo, ubi diversa membra non inveniuntur, ibi audis ubi vides. Ad hoc autem illuminet oculos. Ut sciatis, etc. Hoc dicit ut propensiores sint: quia cum plene scierint qui fructus est credentium, propensiores fient circa excolendam religionem. Vel ita: ut spes proprie accipiatur. Et sensus est: Ut sciatis quæ sit, scilicet voluntas ejus, id est quantum valet spes vitæ æternæ ad quam vocat. Et sciatis quæ sit adimpletio ejus spei. Quod ita ait: Et quæ divitiæ. Hic quid nomine spei intellexerit aperit: spem enim accipit rem speratam.

1.18 Oculos of_the_heart. In imagine therefore his_own cognosce author his, who bodily sensu not/no attingitur. Don't therefore putetis corporeo sensu God attingi, but eyes of_the_mind, him listen. In corpore, where diversa members are, alibi listens, alibi sees. In heart however your, where diversa members not/no are_found, there listens where sees. To this however himinet the_eyes. As sciatis, etc. This he_says as propensiores let_them_be: because when/with plene scierint who fruit it_is to_the_believerum, propensiores they_will_be circa excolendam religionem. Or ita: as hope properly let_him_acceptur. And sensus it_is: As sciatis which let_it_be, namely voluntas his, id it_is quantum valet hope of_life æternæ to how he_calls. And sciatis which let_it_be adimpletio his hope. That so/thus he_said: And which wealth. Here/This what by_name hope intellexerit aperit: hope because receives rem hopesam.

UGNT πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι ὑμᾶς, τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ, ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις,
(pefōtismenous tous ofthalmous taʸs kardias eis to eidenai humas, tis estin haʸ elpis taʸs klaʸseōs autou, tis ho ploutos taʸs doxaʸs taʸs klaʸronomias autou, en tois hagiois,)

SBL-GNT πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι ὑμᾶς τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, ⸀τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις,
(pefōtismenous tous ofthalmous taʸs kardias humōn eis to eidenai humas tis estin haʸ elpis taʸs klaʸseōs autou, ⸀tis ho ploutos taʸs doxaʸs taʸs klaʸronomias autou en tois hagiois,)

RP-GNT πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι ὑμᾶς τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις,
(pefōtismenous tous ofthalmous taʸs kardias humōn, eis to eidenai humas tis estin haʸ elpis taʸs klaʸseōs autou, kai tis ho ploutos taʸs doxaʸs taʸs klaʸronomias autou en tois hagiois,)

TC-GNT πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς [fn]καρδίας ὑμῶν, εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι ὑμᾶς τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ, [fn]καὶ τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις,
(pefōtismenous tous ofthalmous taʸs kardias humōn, eis to eidenai humas tis estin haʸ elpis taʸs klaʸseōs autou, kai tis ho ploutos taʸs doxaʸs taʸs klaʸronomias autou en tois hagiois, )

1:18 καρδιας ¦ διανοιας TR

1:18 και ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας

˓having_been˒_enlightened the eyes ˱of˲_the heart

Here, heart refers to a person’s mind or thinking. Alternate translation: [that you may gain understanding]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας

˓having_been˒_enlightened the eyes ˱of˲_the heart

If your language does not use this passive form, you can state this in active form. Alternate translation: [that God may give you understanding] or [that God may enlighten your mind]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας

the eyes ˱of˲_the heart

The phrase eyes of your heart is a metaphor for one’s ability to gain understanding. Alternate translation: [that you may gain understanding and be enlightened]

πεφωτισμένους

˓having_been˒_enlightened

Alternate translation: [may be made to see]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_the ˱of˲_the calling ˱of˲_him

Paul assumes that his readers will understand that the calling of God refers to his choosing people to believe in him. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [that you have because he chose you to be his people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῆς κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_the ˱of˲_the ˱of˲_the ˱of˲_the inheritance ˱of˲_him

Receiving what God has promised to believers is spoken of as if one were inheriting property and wealth from a family member.

τοῖς ἁγίοις

the holy_‹ones›

Alternate translation: [those whom he has set apart for himself] or [those who belong completely to him]

Parallel EPH 1:18