Ephesians 3:16-17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:14-21

Paul’s Prayer for His Readers (3:14-21). ‘For this reason -.’ Compare Ephesians 3:1 which begins in the same way. Does this mean that this is the continuation that he would have made had he not made a diversion? There are good grounds for suggesting that that occurs in Ephesians 4:1 when he returns to the theme of the prisoner of the Lord, and exhorts them to walk worthily of their calling and maintain the unity of the Spirit. We may equally see the prayer here as resulting from his outlining... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:17-19

Enjoying the empowering of the Spirit and the indwelling of the risen Christ their very being will be rooted and grounded in love, for love is the basis of their salvation (John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9-10), the nest in which they find their rest (1 John 4:8), the goal ever set before them (1 John 4:11). And it is the love of Christ which is beyond all knowledge. It is something that is so vast that its breadth, length, height and depth will take all the people of God through all ages to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 3:14-Ecclesiastes : . The Writer’ s Prayer for his Readers.— Kneeling, in a very ecstasy of prayer, before the Father who is the source and prototype of all fatherly relationship whether on earth or in heaven, the writer prays that, in a degree commensurate with the wealth of the Divine glory, his readers may be granted power and strength through the Spirit unto inner spiritual growth; that the indwelling of Christ in their hearts may through faith be realised; that Christian love... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:16

The riches of his glory; i.e. the abundance of his power: see Romans 6:4. To be strengthened with might; further degrees of spiritual strength, proceeding from God’s power as the fountain. By his Spirit; as the immediate worker of all inherent grace. In the inner man; the reasonable powers of the soul as renewed by grace, the same as heart in the next verse, and spirit, 1 Thessalonians 5:23; see 2 Corinthians 4:16. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:17

That Christ; on whom this Spirit (who must strengthen you, as being a Spirit of might, Isaiah 11:2) resteth, Isaiah 61:1 May dwell in your hearts; may intimately and continually possess and fill, not your heads only with his doctrine, but your affections with his Spirit: see John 14:23. By faith; whereby ye not only believe Cllrist’s truth, but receive and apprehend himself, and which is the means by which ye have union and communion with him. That ye, being rooted and grounded in love: either... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 3:14-21

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 3:15. The whole family.—R.V. “every family.” The word for “family” is only found in the New Testament in St. Luke 2:4 and Acts 3:25; in one translated “lineage,” in the other “kindreds” in A.V.; consistently as “family” by R.V. Chrysostom, and others who followed him, have surely a special claim to be heard. They translate it “races.” Bishop Alexander contends for the A.V. translation, “the whole.” He says, “A special force and signification in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:14-21

Ephesians 3:14-21 Filled with all the Fulness of God. I. Perhaps it would be well to leave this phrase in its vague sublimity without any attempt to explain it as it stands. It appeals to the imagination, touches lofty sentiment, and seems to suggest a grandeur belonging to worlds as yet unvisited by human thought. But though the phrase stands for an idea which passes beyond the limits of all definitions, the idea will be better apprehended if we attempt to get an exact conception of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16

Ephesians 3:16 The Inner Man. Every one has an inner man, a better self, a potential perfection within him, which will awake and begin to flower when he feels in his soul the touch of God. Through dress, through manners, through morals, through religious ceremony, we have to go to find the inner man, the very soul. How then is the discovery made? How does a man reach the centre and fountain of his own being, find himself, recover himself, bring himself home again to God? There are very great... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16-19

Ephesians 3:16-19 Spiritual Strength. We may fasten upon five significant terms as keys by which we may unlock this Divine casket, so that its precious contents, the riches of the Father's glory, may be set free and shed abroad. I. The first is faith. The seat of the strength imparted is the inner man; it is the strength not of outward propping, but of inward peace and power. The essence of it is Christ dwelling in your hearts, Christ living in you, Christ in you the hope of glory. And the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:17

Ephesians 3:17 I. It is certain that something will dwell in our hearts. They are not intended to remain empty. If they are not filled with good, some evil spirit will enter in, and he, not Christ, will dwell there. If we are to realise what St. Paul means when he speaks of us as a habitation of God through the Spirit, we may do well to consider what some of those things are which do daily fill our thoughts, and almost literally people our hearts. We shall find that some of these inhabitants... read more

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