Ephesians 3:18

Ephesians 3:18

16 that He would grant you, ^aaccording to the riches of His glory, ^bto be strengthened with might through His Spirit in ^cthe inner man,

17 ^athat Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, ^bbeing rooted and grounded in love,

18 ^amay be able to comprehend with all the saints ^bwhat is the width and length and depth and height—

19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled ^awith all the fullness of God.

20 Now ^ato Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly ^babove all that we ask or think, ^caccording to the power that works in us,

21 ^ato Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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That ye may be strong (ina ecisxushte). Sub-final clause again with ina and the first aorist active subjunctive of ecisxuw, a late and rare compound (from ec, isxuw) to have full strength. Here only in N.T.

To apprehend (katalabesqai). Second aorist middle infinitive of katalambanw, old and common verb, to lay hold of effectively (kata-), here with the mind, to grasp (Acts 25:25).

With all the saints (sun pasin toiv agioiv). No isolated privilege. Fellowship open to all. Paul gives a rectangular (four dimension) measure of love (breadth platov, length mhkov, height uyov, depth baqov, all common enough words).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 3:18:**

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Acts 10:34
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Revelation 21:16

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