Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith - In this as well as in many other passages, and particularly that in Ephesians 2:21 ; (note), the apostle compares the body or Church of true believers to a temple, which, like that of Solomon, is built up to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. Here, as Solomon did at the dedication of the temple at Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 6:1 , etc., Paul, having considered the Church at Ephesus completely formed, as to every external thing, prays... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you - This prayer of the apostle is one of the most grand and sublime in the whole oracles of God. The riches of the grace of the Gospel, and the extent to which the soul of man may be saved here below, are most emphatically pointed out here. Every word seems to have come immediately from heaven; laboring to convey ideas of infinite importance to mankind. No paraphrase can do it justice, and few commentators seem to have entered into its spirit; perhaps deterred by its... read more