Ephesians 3:17

The result of this request is that Christ may be "at home" in the personality of the believer. He indwells every Christian (1 Corinthians 12:13) but is at home in the lives of those believers who let Him be first in their attitudes and activities (John 15:14). As the believer keeps trusting and obeying, Jesus Christ can continue to occupy this place in his or her life. Paul was praying that his readers would enjoy intimate fellowship with their Lord (cf. 1 John 1:1-4).

The believer may grasp Christ’s love because God has rooted the Christian as a plant and grounded him or her as a building in love. Jesus Christ’s lordship over the life produces the love in view here.

There is another reference to the Trinity in Ephesians 3:14-17: Father (Ephesians 3:14), Spirit (Ephesians 3:16), and Son (Ephesians 3:17; cf. Ephesians 1:13-14; cf. Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 2:22).