Ephesians Chapter 2 verse 7 Holy Bible
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
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That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
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that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
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That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
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that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
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that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - That in the ages to come he might show forth the riches of his grace. A special purpose served by God's free grace bestowed on such persons as the Ephesians. It was intended as a lesson for future ages. "The ages to come" denotes eras to begin from that time, running on now, and to continue hereafter. It would be a profitable lesson for the people of these ages to think of the Ephesians, far as they were by nature from God, receiving his blessing so abundantly. From this they would learn how great are the riches of God's grace. In kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. The particular channel in which the riches of his grace flows is kindness shown to us in Christ Jesus. Kindness in the matter of the blessing, forgiving us freely, and accepting and adopting us in him; kindness in the manner of the blessing, dealing with us as Jesus dealt with the woman that was a sinner, or with the thief on the cross, or with Peter after he had fallen, or with Saul of Tarsus; kindness in the extent of the blessing, providing amply for every want; kindness in the duration of the blessing - for evermore. But again, the Medium or Mediator of blessing is specified - "in Christ Jesus." It is not the kindness of providence, not the natural bountifulness of God, but that kindness and bountifulness which are specially connected with the atoning work of Christ: "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) In the ages to come.--Properly, the ages which are coming on--the ages both of time and of eternity, looked upon in one great continuity. Here, again, the manifestation of the riches of God's grace is looked upon as His special delight, and as His chosen way of manifesting His own self to His creatures.In his kindness.--The word "kindness" (properly, facility, or readiness to serve another) is applied to that phase of God's mercy in which it shows Him as "ready to receive, and most willing to pardon." Thus we find it in Luke 6:35 used for His goodness "to the unthankful and evil"; in Romans 2:4 it is joined with "long-suffering and patience"; in Romans 11:22 opposed to abrupt "severity"; in Titus 3:4, connected with love to man, "philanthropy"; and it is also used in similar connections when attributed to man (1Corinthians 13:4; 2Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Colossians 3:12). Hence in this passage it is especially appropriate, because so much stress has been laid on the former sinfulness and godlessness of those to whom God's mercy waited to be gracious. There is a similar appropriateness in the repetition of the name of our Lord "through Christ Jesus," for this gentle patience and readiness to receive sinners was so marked a feature of His ministry that to the Pharisees it seemed an over-facility, weakly condoning sin. "Through Him," therefore, the kindness of God was both shown and given. . . .
