What does Paul ask God to give believers in Ephesians 1:17?
Paul asks the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, to give believers the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. This prayer request is for the Ephesian believers, asking God to enlighten the eyes of their understanding.
Les explains that Ephesians 1 contains Paul's prayer on behalf of the Ephesian believers, taking readers into a deeper realm of teaching concerning the Body of Christ. In verse 17, Paul petitions the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, to give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Les notes these are prayer requests, asking that the eyes of their understanding be enlightened so they may know the hope of His calling and the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: