“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,”
And his incomparably great power for us who believe — that power is the same as the mighty strength — the dynamis ('power,' the operative force of God) is measured by its demonstration: the strength (ischiys) God exerted when raising Christ and seating him at his right hand, the same power now available to believers through faith.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 1:19
Never was anything equal to the yearnings of the Apostle, never anything like the sympathy and the affectionateness of the blessed Paul, who made his every prayer in behalf of whole cities and peoples, and writes the same to all, “I thank my God for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” Think how many he had in his mind, whom it were a labor so much as to remember; how many he made mention of in his prayers, giving thanks to God for them all as though he himself had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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