Taken From Ephesians 3:14-21
As Found in the Amplified
14 For this reason [[a]seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 For
Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from
Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name].
16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
17 May
Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make
His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and
grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that
love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, [b]through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses [c]mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [d]unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and [e]become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
20 Now
to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at
work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do super-abundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—
21 To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).
Footnotes:
- Ephesians 3:14 Many manuscripts consider that Paul here resumes the thread of verse 1.
- Ephesians 3:19 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Ephesians 3:19 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Ephesians 3:19 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Ephesians 3:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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