21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: …
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: …
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-23)We have come to the last part of this chapter, which consists of Paul’s earnest prayer to God in behalf of these Ephesians. We should pray for the persons for whom we give thanks. Our apostle blesses God for what he had done for them, and then he prays that he would do more for them. He gives thanks for spiritual blessings, and prays for further supplies of them; for God will for this be enquired…
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