Ephesians 3:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 3:14 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Ephesians 1:16-19
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; …
Philippians 2:10
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Acts 21:5
And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-21)

We now come to the second part of this chapter, which contains Paul’s devout and affectionate prayer to God for his beloved Ephesians.— For this cause. This may be referred either to the immediately Eph. 3:13; That you faint not, etc., or, rather, the apostle is here resuming what he began at the Eph. 3:1; from which he digressed in those which are interposed. Observe, I. To whom he prays—to God,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. For this cause--Resuming the thread of Ep 3:1, “For this cause.” Because ye have such a standing in God’s Church [Alford]. bow my knees--the proper attitude in humble prayer. Posture affects the mind, and is not therefore unimportant. See Paul’s practice (Ac 20:36); and that of the Lord Himself on earth (Lu 22:41). unto the Father--The oldest manuscripts omit “of our Lord Jesus Christ.” But Vu…