Verse 17

We find here two names attached to God: 1st. He is called the God of our Lord Jesus Christ; 2nd. the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prayer of the third chapter is in relationship with the second of these titles, that of Father; that of the seventeenth and the following verses of this chapter with that of God.
The apostle also presents before us God as the Father of glory, that is to say as the source, morally and in power, of all true glory. At the same time he sets before us the Lord Jesus entering as man into relationship with God, a bond which causes all the affection of God to rest upon Him, as the object in whom all the divine thoughts center; this is why Paul says, " The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory."
I can consider Christ as a glorified man, whose right has been established by God over all things; this is what Peter does in his epistles; he looks at Christ as a man whom God had regarded in this manner; having raised Him from the dead. John, on the contrary, sees Christ in the glory of His divine person, one with the Father, and as the sent One. In our epistle, Christ is presented to us as the object of the counsels of God in whom the power of God is displayed. It is precious for us to see what is our position in Christ, to see that we are placed, as being His body, in the same position as Himself. The counsels of God concerning Christ and His body, is what is contained in this epistle.
The prayer which begins at this verse, expresses the desire that we should enjoy the understanding which is given to us of the counsels of God, of the hope of his calling, of the riches of the glory of His inheritance in His saints, and of the power which has placed us in this enjoyment.