“Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,”
He exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms — Christ's resurrection (egertheenta ek nekrōn) and ascension (kathisas en dexiā autou en tois epouraniois, 'seated at his right hand in the heavenlies') position him in supreme authority, the locus of God's power made manifest in history.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 1:20
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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