Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
These words may be considered two ways, 1. As a religious salutation, taken from the manner of the Jews, who expressed their desires for one another's well-doing, by wishing peace, that is, all kind of happiness and prosperity to each other; Christianity doth neither forbid or abolish, but doth spiritualize and improve, civility, humanity, and common courtesy.
Grace be to you, and peace from God,.... See Gill on Rom 1:7. . Ephesians 1:3 eph 1:3 eph 1:3 eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,.... God, the first person in the Trinity, is the God of Christ, as Christ is man and Mediator; he chose and appointed him to be the Mediator, and made a covenant with him...
Continuation of Notes for Verse 1. Note 2 Verse at end of this note. (2.) The principal objection to the opinion that it was written to the church at Ephesus, is found in certain internal marks, and particularly in the want of any allusion to the fact that Paul had ever been there, or to anything that particularly related to the church there.