That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Ver. 2. That their hearts may be comforted] Ministers are "sons of consolation," while by them God maketh the heart to hear of joy and gladness, Psalms 51:8, and createth the fruit of their lips peace, peace, &c., Isaiah 57:19 .
Being knit together] No such comfort upon the earth, as in the communion of saints; it differeth from the happiness of heaven but in degrees only.
Of the full assurance of understanding] Such as was that of St Luke, Colossians 1:3. See Trapp on " Col 1:3 "