Ephesians 3:14 (WEB)
For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Catechism · 2
The Sixth Commandment
“Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 3:14; Mt 23:9.
The Father
“He also transcends human fatherhood and motherhood, although he is their origin and standard:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ps 27:10; Eph 3:14; Is 49:15.
Fathers and councils · 10
John Damascene
“And this also it behoves us to know, that the names Fatherhood, Sonship and Procession, were not applied to the Holy Godhead by us: on the contrary, they were communicated to us by the Godhead, as the divine apostle says, Wherefore I bow the knee to the Father, from Whom is every family in heaven and on earth.” — editor's note: Ephes. iii. 14 and 15: Cyril, Thes., assert. 32: Dionys., De divin. nom., c. 1.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Ephesians iii. 14, 15” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He is called also the Spirit of the Father, as the Saviour says, For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you; and again Paul saith, For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, and the rest;…that He would grant you to be strengthened by His Spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14–16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…unto us a more excellent way of charity; and where he bows his knees unto Thee for us, that we may know the super-eminent knowledge of the love of Christ.” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14–19.
Read the whole comment“And because there now is root, “That ye may be able,” he saith, “to comprehend what is the height, and breadth, and length, and depth: to know also the supereminent knowledge of the love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14, 17–19.
Read the whole comment“…the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14, 17–19.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Thus though many are named fathers, we worship one Father, the Father before the ages, who Himself gave this title to men, as the Apostle says, “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom every fatherhood in heaven and earth is named.”” — editor's note: Ephes. iii. 14. R.V. marg. It will be seen that the argument of Theodoret does not admit of the translation “whole family” as in A.V.
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Tertullian
“God, surely: no one is so truly a Father; no one so rich in paternal love.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxiii. 9; and Eph. iii. 14, 15, in the Greek.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…“On this account I bend my knees to the God and Father and Lord of our Lord Jesus Christ, that God would grant you to have Christ dwelling in the inner man,”—that is, the natural (man), not the corporeal (one),—“that you may be able to understand what is the depth,” which is the Father of the universe, “and what is…” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14–18.
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Clement of Alexandria
“As, then, the whole family runs back to God the Creator; so also all the teaching of good things, which justifies, does to the Lord, and leads and contributes to this.” — editor's note: Eph. iii. 14, 15.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.
Cited together in Catechism §239.
Cited together in Catechism §239.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.7.
Cited together in Catechism §239.
Cited together in Catechism §239.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.
Cited together in Catechism §2367 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.7.