Ephesians 1:20
New International Version
he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,

New Living Translation
that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.

English Standard Version
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Berean Standard Bible
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

Berean Literal Bible
which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, and having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

King James Bible
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

New King James Version
which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

New American Standard Bible
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

NASB 1995
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

NASB 1977
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Legacy Standard Bible
which He worked in Christ, by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

Amplified Bible
which He produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,

Christian Standard Bible
He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—

American Standard Version
which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Which he performed in The Messiah and raised him from among the dead and set him at his right hand in Heaven,

Contemporary English Version
when he raised Christ from death and let him sit at his right side in heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead, and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places.

English Revised Version
which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He worked with that same power in Christ when he brought him back to life and gave him the highest position in heaven.

Good News Translation
which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world.

International Standard Version
which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.

Literal Standard Version
which He worked in the Christ, having raised Him out of the dead, and sat [Him] at His right hand in the heavenly [places],

Majority Standard Bible
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

New American Bible
which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens,

NET Bible
This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

New Revised Standard Version
God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

New Heart English Bible
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,

Webster's Bible Translation
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Weymouth New Testament
when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,

World English Bible
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,

Young's Literal Translation
which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

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Context
Spiritual Wisdom
19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, 20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.…

Cross References
Psalm 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

Acts 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.


Treasury of Scripture

Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

he wrought.

Ephesians 2:5,6
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) …

Romans 6:5-11
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: …

Philippians 3:10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

when.

Psalm 16:9-11
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope…

John 10:18,30
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father…

Acts 2:24-33
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it…

and set.

Ephesians 4:8-10
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men…

Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Matthew 22:43-45
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, …

heavenly.

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

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Ephesians 1
1. After Paul's salutation,
3. and thanksgiving for the Ephesians,
4. he treats of our election,
6. and adoption by grace;
11. which is the true and proper fountain of man's salvation.
13. And because the height of this mystery cannot be easily attained unto,
16. he prays that they may come to the full knowledge and possession thereof in Christ.














(20) Which he wrought in Christ.--The reality of the work of God upon us is insured by the reality of that work upon the true Son of Man, whose members we are, in His resurrection, His ascension, His exaltation over all things at the right hand of God, and His headship of the Church. It is notable that, while it is on the spiritual meaning of the resurrection of Christ that the chief stress is laid in the earlier Epistles (as in Romans 6:4-11; 1Corinthians 15:12-22; 1Corinthians 15:50-57), in these later Epistles the Apostle passes on beyond this, as taken for granted (see Colossians 3:1), and dwells on "Christ in heaven," exalted far above all created things, but yet vouchsafing to be in a peculiar sense the head and life of the Church on earth. See, for example, Philippians 2:9-11; Colossians 1:14-19; and compare the pervading conception of the Apocalypse. In this advance of thought he approaches to the idea of our Lord's own great intercession (John 17:5 et seq.), constantly connecting the unity of His Church in Him with the glory which was His from all eternity, and to which He was to return--"Now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. . . . I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory." . . . Verse 20. - Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead. The same power that produced the marvelous miracle of Christ's resurrection now works in the hearts of believers. To appreciate this, we must bear in mind the apostle's full doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus, embracing not only the revivifying of his dead body, but the transformation of that body into a spiritual body, and the constituting of Jesus a second Adam, who should transmit or communicate to His spiritual seed both a renewed soul and a glorified body, as the first Adam transmitted a sinful nature and a corruptible body to his natural seed. The power that accomplished all this now works in believers, and can surely work in them all needed transformation. And set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, effecting on him a change alike sudden and marvelous: from the cross and the tomb to the throne of glory, from being as a worm and no man, to be higher than the kings of the earth - King of kings, and Lord of lords. It is frequently represented in Scripture that Jesus in heaven is at the right hand of God. There must be a spot in the heavens where his glorified body exists, in immediate contact with some manifestation of the glory of the Father. There Stephen saw him; thence he came to meet Saul on the way to Damascus; and his promise to his people is Where I am, there shall ye be also (John 14:3).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
which
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

He exerted
ἐνήργηκεν (enērgēken)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1754: From energes; to be active, efficient.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Christ
Χριστῷ (Christō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

when He raised
ἐγείρας (egeiras)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[the] dead
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

seated [Him]
καθίσας (kathisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

right hand
δεξιᾷ (dexia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1188: On the right hand, right hand, right. From dechomai; the right side or hand.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

heavenly realms,
ἐπουρανίοις (epouraniois)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2032: From epi and ouranos; above the sky.


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