Ephesians 3:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; ”

• Ephesians 3:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints - That all others with you may be able to understand this. It was his desire that others, as well as they, might appreciate the wonders of redemption....

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints (i) what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; (i) How perfect that work of Christ is in every part.

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  able . fully able. Greek. exischuo. Only here. Compare App-172. saints . the saints. See Ephesians 3:8 . what... height . Omit "is". After "height" read "of love is", i.e. God's love in Chris...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  18. May be able to comprehend. The second fruit is, that the Ephesians should perceive the greatness of Christ’s love to men. Such an apprehension or knowledge springs from faith. By desirin...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; May be able to comprehend with all saints - Ἱνα εξισχυσητε καταλαβεσθαι. These words are so exceed...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The breadth, and length, and depth, and height;— It has often been observed, that this text is extremely emphatical. —Bodies are well known to have only three dimensions, length and breadth, an...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; May be able - even still further: х exischuseete ( G1840 )] 'May be fully able.' Bread...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. — It has been asked, Of what? Various answers have been given; but as St. Paul has obviously of set...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  May be able to comprehend with all saints ,.... This is the end of their being rooted and grounded in love, that they, together with the rest of the saints interested in it, might have a larger and...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; Ver. 18. The breadth and length, &c. ] God's mercy hath all the dimensions. "Thy mercy, O G...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  May be able to comprehend, more fully and perfectly to perceive and understand, with all saints, which are or have been, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, the immense va...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - 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...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The apostle's petition for the Church, which includes an exhortation:

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 1:14-16 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Chronicles 6:41 ; 2 Corinthians 13:13 ; Colossians 1:4 ; Deuteronomy 33:2 ; Deuteronomy 33:3 ; Ephesians 1:10 ; Ephesians 1:15 ; Ephesians 1:18-23 ;...

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• Ephesians 3:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  That being rooted and grounded — That is, deeply fixed and firmly established, in love. Ye may comprehend — So far as an human mind is capable. What is the breadth of the love of Christ — Embracing...

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