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Ephesians 3:18

God's loveFellowship and the churchWisdom

16 I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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.

20 Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

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BSB
will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
KJV
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
WEB
may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
ASV
may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
DARBY
in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
BLB
that you⁺ may be fully able, with all the saints, to comprehend what [is] the breadth and length and height and depth,
ÅB
så dere, rotfestet og grunnfestet i kjærlighet, må være i stand til å fatte med alle de hellige hva bredde og lengde og dybde og høyde der er,
OTB
må ha kraft, sammen med alle de hellige, til å fatte hvor bred og lang og høy og dyp Kristi kjærlighet er,
B1930
så I, rotfestet og grunnfestet i kjærlighet, må være i stand til å fatte med alle de hellige hvad bredde og lengde og dybde og høide der er,

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  • Psalms 103:11–12

    For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

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  • Job 11:7–9

    Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

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  • Ephesians 1:18–23

    I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

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  • John 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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  • Ephesians 3:19

    of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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  • Psalms 103:17

    But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

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  • Isaiah 55:9

    “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

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  • Galatians 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.

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