What does 'the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints' mean in Ephesians 1:18?
It refers not to Christ being the believer's inheritance, but to the riches of glory of Christ's own inheritance in the saints—the opposite of the usual co-heir wording. This is presented as a prayer request in Ephesians 1:18, beyond human understanding.
Les teaches that Ephesians 1:18 is part of Paul's prayer for the Ephesian believers, 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. Les explains that these are prayer requests, and he stresses that this phrase is the opposite of the normal way we speak of Christ as our inheritance and of believers as co-heirs with Him, inheriting what He has and is. Here, however, it speaks of His inheritance in the saints, which Les says is hard to comprehend and past human understanding.
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,
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Why is Ephesians 1:18 the opposite of saying Christ is our inheritance?
The statement in Ephesians 1 about His inheritance in the saints is the opposite of the usual idea of Christ being our inheritance.