Ephesians 1:17

God's Word

I pray that the glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Christ better.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:11

Greatness, power, splendor, glory, and majesty are yours, Lord, because everything in heaven and on earth is yours. The kingdom is yours, Lord, and you are honored as head of all things.

Job 42:5

I had heard about you with my own ears, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

Psalm 24:10

Who, then, is this king of glory? The Lord of Armies is the king of glory! Selah

Psalm 24:7

Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in.

Psalm 29:3

The voice of the Lord rolls over the water. The God of glory thunders. The Lord shouts over raging water.

Exodus 28:3

“Tell all those who have the skill—those to whom I have given this ability—to make Aaron’s clothes. These clothes will set him apart as holy when he serves me as priest.

Proverbs 18:15

The mind of a person who has understanding acquires knowledge. The ears of wise people seek knowledge.

Proverbs 2:5

then you will understand the fear of the Lord and you will find the knowledge of God.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of advice and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has any nation ever exchanged gods? (Their gods aren’t really gods.) Yet, my people have exchanged their Glory for something that doesn’t help them.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” declares the Lord, “because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”

Jeremiah 9:24

If they want to brag, they should brag that they understand and know me. They should brag that I, the Lord, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of bragging pleases me, declares the Lord.

Daniel 10:1

In Cyrus’ third year as king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (who had been renamed Belteshazzar). The message was true. It was about a great war. Daniel understood the message because he was given insight during the vision.

Daniel 5:11

There’s a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your grandfather, he was found to have insight, good judgment, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your grandfather, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him head of the magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from wise and intelligent people and revealing them to little children.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus replied, “Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! No human revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven revealed it to you.

Matthew 20:33

They told him, “Lord, we want you to give us our eyesight back.”

Matthew 6:13

Don’t allow us to be tempted. Instead, rescue us from the evil one.

Luke 12:12

At that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.”

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those who have his good will!”

Luke 21:15

I will give you words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to oppose or prove wrong.

John 14:17

That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn’t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

John 14:26

However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you because they haven’t known the Father or me.

John 17:3

This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 20:17

Jesus told her, “Don’t hold on to me. I have not yet gone to the Father. But go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Acts 6:10

They couldn’t argue with Stephen because he spoke with the wisdom that the Spirit had given him.

Acts 7:2

Stephen answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God who reveals his glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia. This happened before Abraham lived in Haran.

Romans 1:28

And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things.

Romans 15:6

Then, having the same goal, you will praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:8

The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. The same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge.

1 Corinthians 14:6

Brothers and sisters, it wouldn’t do you any good if I came to you speaking in other languages, unless I explained revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or doctrine to you.

1 Corinthians 2:10

God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, especially the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:8

Not one of the rulers of this world has known it. If they had, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must brag, although it doesn’t do any good. I’ll go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

Ephesians 1:3

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through Christ, God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing that heaven has to offer.

Ephesians 3:5

In the past, this mystery was not known by people as it is now. The Spirit has now revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.

Ephesians 4:13

This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God’s Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.

Philippians 3:15

Whoever has a mature faith should think this way. And if you think differently, God will show you how to think.

2 Timothy 2:25

He must be gentle in correcting those who oppose the Good News. Maybe God will allow them to change the way they think and act and lead them to know the truth.

Titus 1:1

From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to lead God’s chosen people to faith and to the knowledge of the truth that leads to a godly life.

James 2:1

My brothers and sisters, practice your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ by not favoring one person over another.

2 Peter 1:3

God’s divine power has given us everything we need for life and for godliness. This power was given to us through knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and integrity.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the good will  and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to him now and for that eternal day! Amen.

Revelation 7:12

and said, “Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen!”