Ephesians 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, ”

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

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 t...
Ephesians 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in (h) love, (h) With which God loves us, which is the root of our election.
Ephesians 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

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 ....
Ephesians 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. That Christ may dwell. He explains what is meant by “the strength of the inner man.” As “ it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell,” ( Colossians 1:19 ,) so he wh...
Ephesians 3:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2104 PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS Ephesians 3:14-19 . For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth...
Ephesians 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith - In this as well as in many other passages, and particularly...
Ephesians 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, That - so that. Dwell , х katoikeesai ( G2730 )] - abidingly ( John 14:16 ; John 14:18 ; Joh...
Ephesians 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reasons for renewing the Prayer for Wisdom 1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in Ephesians 1:15 , he begins to speak of himself, and this time he explains his unique inte...
Ephesians 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. — What that indwelling power is he now indicates, so passing to another Person of the Holy Trinity. It is (see Colossians 1:27 ) “Christ in you, the...
Ephesians 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 PRAYER AND PRAISE. THE COMPREHENSION OF CHRIST Ephesians 3:14-18 IN Ephesians 3:14 the prayer is resumed which the apostle was about to offer at the beginning of the chapter, when...
Ephesians 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Greatest of All Desires Ephesians 3:14-21 The kernel of this prayer is in the clause that Christ may make His home in the believer's heart through faith. The previous petitions lead up to t...
Ephesians 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fac...
Ephesians 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. (14) В¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (15) Of whom the whole famil...
Ephesians 3:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LOVE BASED ON KNOWLEDGE ‘Rooted and grounded in love.’ Ephesians 3:17 Sentimental love is seldom the genuine article, since those who feel most say the least. And the idea that religion shou...
Ephesians 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ,.... This is another petition put up by the apostle for the Ephesians, which is for the inhabitation of Christ in them: the inhabitant Christ is he who...
Ephesians 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Ver. 17. That Christ may dwell ] As the sun dwells in the house by his beams. Faith fetcheth Christ into...
Ephesians 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 affec...
Ephesians 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED (vs.1-13) "For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the unsearchable riches of...
Ephesians 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Prayer. A. D. 61. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord...
Ephesians 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

‘For this reason I bow my knees to the Father from whom every Fatherhood in Heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened wi...
Ephesians 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 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 transla...
Ephesians 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 ima...
Ephesians 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ephesians 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

For 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 prayer The worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself...
Ephesians 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 3:1-49 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD . Ephesians 3:1 For this cause. The reference is not merely to...
Ephesians 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's petition for the Church, which includes an exhortation:
Ephesians 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 John 4:16 ; 1 John 4:4 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Colossians 1:23 ; Colossians 1:27 ; Colossians 2:7 ; Ephesians 2:21 ; Galatian...
Ephesians 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dwell — That is, constantly and sensibly abide.

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

Ephesians 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

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

Ephesians 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes