11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 1:18
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 1:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- KJV King James Version
- 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,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- ASV American Standard Version
- having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- May your minds be enlightened so you can understand the hope he's called you to— the glorious riches he promises as an inheritance to his holy people.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
- DBY Darby Translation
- being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| πεφωτισμένους | pephōtismenous | may be enlightened | G5461 φωτίζω to illuminate |
| τοὺς | tous | [I ask that] the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀφθαλμοὺς | ophthalmous | eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| τῆς | tēs | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίας | kardias | heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| εἰς | eis | so that | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εἰδέναι | eidenai | may know | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| τίς | tis | — | G5101 τίς which? |
| ἐστιν | estin | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐλπὶς | elpis | hope | G1680 ἐλπίς hope |
| τῆς | tēs | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κλήσεως | klēseōs | calling | G2821 κλῆσις calling |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τίς | tis | — | G5101 τίς which? |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πλοῦτος | ploutos | riches | G4149 πλοῦτος riches |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δόξης | doxēs | glorious | G1391 δόξα glory |
| τῆς | tēs | of | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κληρονομίας | klēronomias | inheritance | G2817 κληρονομία inheritance |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τοῖς | tois | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁγίοις | hagiois | saints | G40 ἅγιος holy |
Related verses
- Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
- Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- 1 John 3:1–3
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
- Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
- Ephesians 3:16
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
- Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11
To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Read all of Ephesians 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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