His petitions for them are four fold: first, that God would strengthen them with power through His Spirit, so that they would have what it takes (the power) to trust Him and live pure and holy lives; second, that as they trust Christ He would dwell in their heartsthat He would feel at home within them; thirdly, that their roots would go down deep into Gods love and that they would feel and understand how good and great and full His love is, that is, that they would experience it for themselves; and fourth, consequently, that they would be filled up with God. In the Greek, the "so that" is not there, so the question is whether "so that" is clearly implied or not. All rights reserved. To paraphrase Mike Bickle, we love God only as much as we are aware that God loves us. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. Instead, in referring to "fruit" in the preceding paragraph, I am thinking more of the fruits of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (according to the NIV). Hebrews 4:12, Ephesians 6:17 Acts 7:51. in your inner being [man] -- Paul often uses the contrast between the inner man and the outer man. There was an error while trying to create your account. Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites. To paraphrase Mike Bickle, we love God only as much as we are aware that God loves us.1 This means that we cannot live a passionate life for God until we realize how passionate He is for us. Rise to the heights! MSG Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit - not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength - 17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. Our lack of fullness of God is because we cannot let God fully take control of our lives until we are convinced that He is trustworthy. 18I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Paul wants us to really know this truth in our own lives and to grasp hold of it with our whole being so that we may be filled to all the fullness of God, which is ours by grace through faith in Christ Jesus our Saviour. Dwell with them. It tells us the secret of how to be filled with "all the fullness of God". And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lords holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Paul begins his prayer for the Ephesians -- and for us -- asking the Lord for us to be strengthened on the inside. 14-19My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. When we think of it this way, it seems clearer what God is talking about. I want my children to understand how much God loves them, and I also want them to understand how much God loves the people around them. Glory down all the generations! I wish that we could truly understand how much God loves us. As I have grown in my awareness of God's love for me over the last few years, I have been amazed at how things that used to worry or irritate me or throw me into depression don't as much as they used to. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. the breadth, and length, and height, and depth. When our need is great, we can be drawn more deeply to Jesus. the breadth and length and depth and height; and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled. 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man. He begins by pointing out that when we came to faith in Jesus (i.e., when we were "rooted and established"), it was in love and because of love. Stemming from that, all of His commandments are summed up by saying that we are to love God and love one another. How impossible it is for the limited human mind to understand the thoughts and ways of Almighty God! Then Christ will live in your hearts because you believe in him. and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. The Amplified Bible translates the first part of verse 19 as "[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]". Rise to the heights! Ephesians 3:14-19-14-19 The Message (MSG) My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. I think that what this part of the prayer means is that it is only through our constant exercise of faith that in any practical sense we are aware of Jesus' presence in our hearts, and to the extent that we are aware of Jesus living in our hearts can He be said to "dwell" there. Here Paul bows his knees to God (v. 14), being in great awe of His grace, by which He has given believers a new identity in Christ. Strength from the Spirit of God in the inner man; strength in the soul; the strength of faith, to serve God, and to do our duty. It seems more natural to me that Paul was praying that the Holy Spirit strengthen us AND that Christ would dwell in our hearts through faith. Rise to the heights! 17I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. It is through this indwelling and our rich relationships with God that we realize our true identities. For less than $5/mo. He is praying that God impart to us peace, confidence, and boldness through the working of the Holy Spirit, who lives in all who profess faith in Christ. 16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. 20 God can do anything, you know - far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! Ephesians 3:16-19 The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language I ask him to strengthen you by his Spiritnot a brute strength but a glorious inner strengththat Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. And may you know his love, even though it cant be known completely. But that understanding is so inconsistent with other things we know of God's faithfulness and love. Read the Bible, discover plans, and seek God every day. What does "the fullness of God" mean, anyway? My old interpretation of the parable has the understanding that we are the tree. Required fields are marked *. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spiritnot a brute strength but a glorious inner strengththat Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And may you have the power to understand, as all Gods people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. . 3 Vikings and the No. 19You will know Christs love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. More to Life: A Study for Women. Reach out and experience the breadth! SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATION: Genesis 3:16; Leviticus 19:2; Galatians 5:16-17; Ephesians 2:3, 4:22; Colossians 3:5; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 2:12. The word "know" here is suggesting that we "personally know at the heart level". I trust (most of the time!) 16I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, 17and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love. I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief. Test its length! In Eph 3:1, he declares himself a prisoner of Christ, for the sake of the Ephesians; and which was no objection to his being an ambassador of Christ, and an apostle of his, seeing he had a commission from him to dispense the word of his grace, Eph 3:2, of which, his knowledge in the mystery of Christ, he had by revelation, was an evident proof, Eph 3:3, which might easily be understood by what he had written in the former part of his epistle, Eph 3:4, and was such as had not been given to the saints in former times, as it was to him, and others, now, Eph 3:5, particularly the knowledge of the mystery of the calling of the Gentiles by the Gospel, Eph 3:6, of which Gospel to the Gentiles he was made a minister, through the gift of grace, and the energy of divine power, Eph 3:7, of which high honour he was unworthy, being, in his own esteem, the meanest of all the people of God; and the grace and favour was the greater, inasmuch as it was the unsearchable riches of Christ he was sent to publish, and that among the Gentiles, Eph 3:8, and to give men light into a mysterious affair, which from eternity had been hid, and kept a secret in the heart of God, the Creator of all things, Eph 3:9, but was now committed to him with this view, not only to be made known to the church, but by that to the heavenly principalities and powers, even that wise scheme of things which displays the manifold wisdom of God, and was formed according to an eternal purpose in Christ, Eph 3:10,11, through whom a way of access is opened to God, with boldness, faith, and confidence, as the Gospel declares, Eph 3:12. and to know this love that surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spiritnot a brute strength but a glorious inner strengththat Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. In Jesus' name, AMEN. Truthfully, it describes almost all of us, at least at times. Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. Proud member When I am rooted in Christ's love, I will grow as a person. Test its length! so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love. We see by Pauls prayers, that he is a man with a great intellect and that he has acquired a remarkable love relationship with God. Ephesians 3:14-19-14-19 MSG. Ephesians 3: 16- 19 . Im asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. If an act of God is required to reveal things to us (since Paul is praying in verse 19 for God to give that revelation), is there even a role for us? Ep) that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what, the width and length and depth and height. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 2023 Christianity.com. I pray these verses for my family almost every day. and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God. It's humbling that we need that kind of help. https://www.bible.com/bible/97/EPH.3.16-19.MSG, Moms in Prayer - God is Loving, Awesome & Wise, Jesus, the Friend in Sorrow: A 3-Day Study for Grievers, Spirit At Work: Devotions From Time of Grace, Global Pan(dem)ic & a Sound Faith (Part 2): A 4-Day Maturity Check, Royals: Living in the Realm of God's Favor, All About Love - Relating with Women of the Bible Part 2. Lord, out of your glorious riches strengthen their hearts and give them faith. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 13 touchdowns and four . Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit - not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength - 17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. To be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; this is the petition which the apostle puts up on his bended knees to the Father of Christ, that he would strengthen these saints, that so they might not faint at the tribulations which either he or they endured. Some days I am inspired by my childrens childlike faith. Often that involves years of frustration on our parts, and possibly some pain, as when Saul was blinded by God on the road to Damascus (Acts 9), because there was no gentler way for God to override Saul's preconceived ideas about what the Kingdom of God looked like. Appropriate to the succeeding phrase the inner man, since it signifies faculty or virtue not necessarily . Then you can be filled with the fullness of God. That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory Or according to, and out of that rich, plenteous, and glorious fulness of grace and strength in Christ Jesus. 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