Ephesians 3:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. ”

Ephesians 3:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And to know the love of Christ - The love of Christ toward us; the immensity of redeeming love. It is not merely the love which he showed for the Gentiles in calling them into his kingdom, which...
Ephesians 3:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And to know the (k) love of Christ, which (l) passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the (m) fulness of God. (k) Which God has shown us in Christ. (l) Which surpasses all the capacity...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . Even. know . App-132. knowledge . App-132. might . may. filled . See Ephesians 1:23 . App-125. fulness . Greek. pleroma. See Ephesians 1:23 .
Ephesians 3:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And to know the love of Christ. By those dimensions Paul means nothing else than the love of Christ, of which he speaks afterwards. The meaning is, that he who knows it fully and perf...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge - It is only by the love of Christ th...
Ephesians 3:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And to know the love of Christ,— There seems to be no reason why we should confine the interpretation of this text merely to the love of Christ in calling the Gentiles. Well may we recollect, on th...
Ephesians 3:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Passeth - surpasseth. The paradox, "to know ... which passeth knowledge," implies...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. — The intentional paradox of this expression is weakened if (with many interpretations) we suppose that there is opposition in kind between know...
Ephesians 3:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 KNOWING THE UNKNOWABLE Ephesians 3:17-19 WE were compelled to pause before reaching the end of the apostle's comprehensive prayer. But we must not let slip the thread of its connect...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE LOVE OF CHRIST ‘To know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge.’ Ephesians 3:19 Well does St. Paul speak of ‘the love which passeth knowledge.’ We may go on to know more of it, but w...
Ephesians 3:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge ,.... The love of Christ to his own, to his church and people, is special and peculiar; free and Sovereign; as early as his Father's love, and...
Ephesians 3:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Ver. 19. With, all the fulness of God ] That is, of Christ's diffusive fulness, in wh...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And to know, sensibly and experimentally to perceive in yourselves, the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge; which, though it may in a greater degree than hitherto be known and experienced, y...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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...
Ephesians 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - 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 3:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's petition for the Church, which includes an exhortation:
Ephesians 3:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:9-14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; Colossians 1:10 ; Colossians 2:10 ; Colossians 2:9 ; Ephesians 1:23 ; Ephesians 3:18 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Ephesians 5:25 ; Galatians 2:20 ;...
Ephesians 3:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And to know — But the apostle corrects himself, and immediately observes, it cannot be fully known. This only we know, that the love of Christ surpasses all knowledge. That ye may be filled — Which...

Ephesians 3:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 3:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 3:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 3:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 3:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Ephesians 3:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 3:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 3:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 3:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 3:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 3:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes