Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Parallel translations
- WEB from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
- BSB from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
- NKJV from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
- NASB from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,
- NLT the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
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Quick answer
Every family in heaven and earth is named from the Father. It declares God the source of all fatherhood and belonging.
Overview
Paul notes that 'from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named' — the Father is the origin from whom all kinship derives its name and identity. God's fatherhood is the pattern and source of every true family. This grounds the confidence of his prayer in God's character as the universal Father.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eph 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
- Rev 5:8–14And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Eph 1:21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
- Rev 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- Jer 33:16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
- Col 1:20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
- Acts 11:26And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
- Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Isa 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
- Rev 7:4–12And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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