Ephesians 3:17
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
16 I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
19 of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- KJV
- That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- WEB
- that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- ASV
- that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- DARBY
- that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
- BLB
- [for] Christ to dwell in your⁺ hearts through faith, having been rooted and having been founded in love,
- ÅB
- at Kristus må bo ved troen i deres hjerter,
- OTB
- slik at Kristus kan bo i deres hjerter ved tro; og jeg ber om at dere, rotfestet og grunnfestet i kjærlighet,
- B1930
- at Kristus må bo ved troen i eders hjerter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Read in contextJohn 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Read in context1 John 4:16
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Read in contextRomans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Read in contextEphesians 2:21–22
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
Read in contextRevelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
Read in context1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
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