from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,
Parallel translations
- WEB from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
- KJV Of whom the whole family in heaven and 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,
- 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 1:10to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
- Rev 5:8–14Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Eph 1:21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
- Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
- Rev 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
- Jer 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”
- Col 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
- Acts 11:26When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- Isa 65:15You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you. He will call his servants by another name,
- Rev 7:4–12I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
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