Ephesians 3:16

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians.For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles ( Ephesians 3:1 ),It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome, but as far as he was concerned, he was a prisoner of Jesus Christ, that is the one he was really bound to. "A prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles." The reason why Paul was persecuted and the reason why Paul was in prison is because he was insisting that the Gentiles could be saved by their... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:1-21

Ephesians 3:1 . Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ. He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.” Acts 23:11. My bonds therefore prove that Jesus is the Christ, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. The kings of the earth, who thought to do me harm, are overruled to be my protectors. Ephesians 3:2 . If ye have heard... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 3:14-21For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.A pattern of prayerThe worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself and God for us all”; the true Christian practice is, to follow Christ:--“I have prayed for thee, that thy strength fall not”; “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” And in following the Lord, to follow St. Paul’s advice and example:--“For this cause I bow my knees to the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 3:16

Ephesians 3:16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.The measure of God’s powerThe man of the world is full of what he can do; the Christian of what he cannot do. Here, we have the inward power for which we may ask to supply our deficiency.I. The measure of this power.1. Measured by Himself. His perfection, His excellence. Man measures by his imperfection and poverty.2. Measured by the extent of Himself. Man... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 3:16

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; Ver. 16. According to the riches of his glory ] That is, of his grace; so 2 Corinthians 3:18 . See Trapp on " 2Co 3:18 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 3:16

according: Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 2:7, Romans 9:23, Philippians 4:19, Colossians 1:27 to be: Ephesians 6:10, Job 23:6, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 138:3, Isaiah 40:29-Obadiah :, Isaiah 41:10, Zechariah 10:12, Matthew 6:13, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11, 2 Timothy 4:17, Hebrews 11:34 the inner: Jeremiah 31:33, Romans 2:29, Romans 7:22, 2 Corinthians 4:16, 1 Peter 3:4 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:8 - that ye may Judges 7:11 - thine hands 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 3:16

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;The riches of his glory — The immense fulness of his glorious wisdom, power, and mercy.The inner man — The soul. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:16

16. Riches of his glory An affluence too abounding for any one race alone. Strengthened with might For the immense attainments of Ephesians 3:18-19. In Rather, into; implying the inpouring of the might of the divine Father. This favours Meyer’s thought, that Paul’s prayer for their might is antithetic to their faintness, in Ephesians 3:13. Their faintness did, indeed, (as Eadie objects,) take occasion from the mere “personal wrongs” of St. Paul; nevertheless it was a spiritual... read more

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