Matthew Poole and continuators on Ephesians 1:15

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus , and love to all the saints ,

He was an Eye Witness of their first believing, but here he speaks of their encrease and constancy in the Faith since, of which he had heard by others:

i. e. not barely a Belief of Christ's Excellencies, but a belief of his being their Saviour, their receiving and relying on him as such, and so a Believing in him as the immediate object of their Faith, and him by whom they believed in God, 1. Pet. 1.21.

This is added to shew the Truth of their Faith which works by love. Love to the Saints is mentioned as an Evidence of their Love to God, and to all the Saints, to shew the sincerity of that Love in its not being partial, but respecting all Saints, and therefore Saints as Saints.

Marginal references: Co[illegible: 1 letter]. 1.4.