Ephesians 3:17
I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
In Context
18as it is grasped by all God's people, of the breadth and length, the height and depth--
Cross References
Matthew 7:24"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;
Luke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.
John 14:17That Spirit the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him, because He remains by your side and is in you.
John 17:23I in them and Thou in me; that they may stand perfected in one; that the world may come to understand that Thou didst send me and hast loved them with the same love as that with which Thou hast loved me.
Romans 8:9You, however, are not devoted to earthly, but to spiritual things, if the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you; whereas if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, such a one does not belong to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 3:15-21
The Apostle's Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 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; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of… Read the whole commentary →