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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:17-19

Ephesians 3:17-19. That Christ may dwell in your hearts May be always present with you, and may reside continually in you, by his purifying and comforting influences, so as to direct your judgment, engross your affections, and govern all your passions and tempers. See on John 17:23; Galatians 2:21. By faith By means of a continual exercise of faith in him, and in the truths and promises of his gospel. “The apostle had called the church the temple of God, Ephesians 2:21; here he represents... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

God’s wisdom and love displayed (3:1-21)It was because Paul had taken the gospel to the Gentiles that he was imprisoned in the first place (Acts 21:27-36). Yet he feels humbled to think that God should graciously choose him for such a noble work (3:1-2). As a Jew he was once proud of his belief that only Jews were God’s people. Even if some of the ‘far off’ Gentiles believed in God, they were still not God’s covenant people in the sense that Jews were. Now God’s special revelation shows Paul... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:18

able = fully able. Greek. exischuo. Only here. Compare App-172 . saints = the saints. See Ephesians 3:8 . what . . . height . Omit "is". After "height" read "of love is", i.e. God's love in Christ. In breadth, boundless : in length, endless : in depth, fathomless, exhaustless: in height, measureless. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:19

And = Even. know . App-132 . knowledge . App-132 . might = may. filled . See Ephesians 1:23 . App-125 . fulness . Greek. pleroma. See Ephesians 1:23 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:18

May be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth.Breadth, length, ... etc., of what .... ?" Beare thought it was "truth.[36] Lipscomb believed it was the love of Christ;[37] Adam Clarke considered it to be the "church of God";[38] MacKnight saw in this a comparison of the church with the dimensions of the temple of Diana;[39] the early "church fathers referred these words to the cross.[40] From all this, it is perfectly evident that "Since Paul... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:19

And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God."The love of Christ" being made here the object of the verb "know" indicates quite clearly that "the love of Christ" is not primarily the thing under consideration in the previous verse, despite the fact of the vast majority of scholars taking exactly that position. As Blaikie said:When "the love of Christ" is made the subject of a separate part of the prayer, and is not in the genitive,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:18

Ephesians 3:18. The breadth, and length, and depth, and height;— It has often been observed, that this text is extremely emphatical. —Bodies are well known to have only three dimensions, length and breadth, and thickness; but the Apostle divides this last into its depth downwards, and its height upwards, measuring from the middle point; and so makes use of it to express the depth of misery, from which the love of God delivers us; as well as the height of glory, to which it exalts the faithful. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:19

Ephesians 3:19. And to know the love of Christ,— There seems to be no reason why we should confine the interpretation of this text merely to the love of Christ in calling the Gentiles. Well may we recollect, on this occasion, all that love which Christ has displayed in redeeming his faithful saints, out of every nation and kingdom under heaven, Gentiles as well as Jews, from final misery, and exalting them to eternal glory: and this is so remarkable and admirable, that the most extensive... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:18

18. May be able—even still further. Greek, "May be fully able." breadth . . . length . . . depth . . . height—namely, the full dimensions of the spiritual temple, answering to "the fulness of God" ( :-), to which the Church, according to its capacity, ought to correspond (compare Ephesians 4:10; Ephesians 4:13) as to "the fulness of Christ." The "breadth" implies Christ's world-wide love, embracing all men: the "length," its being extended through all ages (Ephesians 4:13- :); the "depth," its... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:19

19. passeth—surpasseth, exceeds. The paradox "to know . . . which passeth knowledge," implies that when he says "know," he does not mean that we can adequately know; all we know is, that His love exceeds far our knowledge of it, and with even our fresh accessions of knowledge hereafter, will still exceed them. Even as God's power exceeds our thoughts (Ephesians 3:20). filled with—rather, as Greek, "filled even unto all the fulness of God" (this is the grand goal), that is, filled, each... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 3:17-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 3:19

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 3:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 3:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 3:19

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