You Told Us Who We Are- We are the Body of Christ Part 1

Paul launches into a passionate prayer for God’s people. The statement of gratitude in verses 15-16 is a customary part of Greek letters, and the prayer begins in earnest in verse 17. It is striking how Paul prays for such important things – wisdom, revelation, and knowledge of the Father; enlightenment to know God’s hope, riches, and power; strength of the supremacy of the resurrected Christ; the church made into the beautiful body of Christ filled with the fullness of Jesus (which explains the parallel language in c. 1 between Jesus’ position in heaven & our position in heaven.)