ephesians-3:16-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:17

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith - see the notes, Ephesians 2:22. Expressions like this often occur in the Scriptures, where God is said to dwell in us, and we are said to be the temples of the Holy Spirit; see the John 14:23, note; 1 Corinthians 6:19, note.That ye being rooted - Firmly established - as a tree is whose roots strike deep, and extend afar. The meaning is, that his love should be as firm in our hearts, as a tree is in the soil, whose roots strike deep into the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:13-16

Ephesians 3:13-16. Wherefore Since by my ministry you have been called to the fellowship of the gospel; I desire that ye faint not Be not discouraged or disheartened; at my tribulations for preaching the gospel to you, which is your glory A cause of glorying and rejoicing to you, inasmuch as hereby it appears how much God regards you, in that he not only sends his apostles to preach the gospel to you, but to do this notwithstanding the great variety of extreme sufferings to which they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:17-19

Ephesians 3:17-19. That Christ may dwell in your hearts May be always present with you, and may reside continually in you, by his purifying and comforting influences, so as to direct your judgment, engross your affections, and govern all your passions and tempers. See on John 17:23; Galatians 2:21. By faith By means of a continual exercise of faith in him, and in the truths and promises of his gospel. “The apostle had called the church the temple of God, Ephesians 2:21; here he represents... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

God’s wisdom and love displayed (3:1-21)It was because Paul had taken the gospel to the Gentiles that he was imprisoned in the first place (Acts 21:27-36). Yet he feels humbled to think that God should graciously choose him for such a noble work (3:1-2). As a Jew he was once proud of his belief that only Jews were God’s people. Even if some of the ‘far off’ Gentiles believed in God, they were still not God’s covenant people in the sense that Jews were. Now God’s special revelation shows Paul... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:16

That = In order that. Greek. hina . would grant = may give. you = to you. to be strengthened . See 1 Corinthians 16:13 . might . App-172 . Spirit . App-101 . inner . See Romans 7:22 . man . App-123 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:17

Christ, &c . See Romans 8:9 . dwell . See Acts 2:5 . rooted . Greek. rhizoomai. Only here and Colossians 2:7 . grounded = founded. Greek. themelioo. See App-146 and Matthew 7:25 . love . See Ephesians 2:4 . App-135 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:16

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man.The inward man ... Clarke's definition of the "inward man" is as good as any. He wrote:Every man is a compound being, having a body and a soul. The outward man is that alone which is seen and considered by men. The inward man is that which stands particularly with reference to God and eternity.[34]All of the Ephesians whom Paul had converted had been made... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:17

That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love.Christ dwelling in Christian hearts is one and the same thing as the Spirit's dwelling in them. The first fruit of the Spirit is love (Galatians 5:23); and here the great result of the "indwelling Christ" is that of the Christian's being "rooted and grounded in love." Again reference is made to the comment on this under Galatians 5:23.Significantly, in Ephesians 3:14-17 there are references... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:16

Ephesians 3:16. The riches of his glory,— His glorious riches: the glorious abundance of graces which he has to bestow. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:16

16. according to—that is in abundance consonant to the riches of His glory; not "according to" the narrowness of our hearts. :-, "Strengthened with all might according to His glorious power." by—Greek, "through"; "by means of His Spirit." in—The Greek implies, "infused into." the inner man— (Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:24; 1 Peter 3:4); "the hidden man of the heart." Not predicated of unbelievers, whose inward and outward man alike are carnal. But in believers, the "inner (new) man," their... read more