17 that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,*To be the ‘Father’ of glory is to be the Source of all true glory. may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation*Revelation provides us with true information, and wisdom shows us what to do with it. in the real knowledge*I finally settled on ‘real knowledge’ as the best way to render επιγνωσις, the heightened form of γνωσις, ‘knowledge’. Real knowledge is more than mere intellectual knowledge, or even true theoretical knowledge—it involves experience. The Text goes on to say, "the eyes of your heart having been enlightened". Real knowledge changes your ‘heart’, who you are. of Himself,