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Ephesians 3:20 – Exceeding Abundantly Above All That We Ask or Think | KJV

Week 4 · Day 25-1 · 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” — Ephesians 3:20 KJV Ephesians 3:20 is the doxology that closes Paul's great prayer of Ephesians 3:14-19 — one of the most magnificent prayers in all of Scripture. And the doxology itself surpasses the prayer in its declaration of divine ability. The Greek compound behind 'exceeding abundantly above' is hyperekperissou — three words fused into one superlative: huper (above, beyond) + ek (out of) + perissou (abundance, overflow). It is as if Paul exhausts every available superlative and then stacks them. God can do more than we ask — but also more than we ask abundantly — but also more than we ask exceeding abundantly — but also above and beyond all that. The piling of superlatives is intentional: no human request or imagination can define the ceiling of divine ability. 'All that we a...