Ephesians 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

According to - i:e., in abundance, consonant to the riches of His glory; not "according to" the narrowness of our hearts (Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 2:7). Colossians 1:11, "strengthened with all might according to His glorious power."

By - Greek, 'through His Spirit.'

In, х eis (G1519)] - 'infused into.'

The inner man (2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:24; 1 Peter 3:4). Not predicated of unbelievers, whose inward and outward man alike are carnal. But in believers, the "inner (new) man," their true self, the sphere of regeneration (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10), stands in contrast to their old man, attached to them as a body of death daily being mortified, not their true self. The spirit х pneuma (G4151)] is our highest part, linking us to God, the great Spirit; the soul х psuchee (G5590)] is intermediate between the body (with which it is connected by the animal affections) and the spirit (with which it is connected by the х nous (G3563)] intellect, thought).

Ephesians 3:16

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;