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Ephesians 3:17
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and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that yee being rooted and grounded in loue,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love.
so that the Messiah may live in your hearts through your trusting. Also I pray that you will be rooted and founded in love,
that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.
That Christ may dwell in your heartes by faith:
That Christ may dwell in you by faith, and in your hearts by love, strengthening your understanding and your foundation;
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),
that through faith Christ may dwell in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
and that Christ would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,John 14:23; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 1:23; 2:7;">[xr]
that the Meshiha may dwell by faith in your hearts in love; your root and your foundations being confirmed,
the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;
That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth: that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
That being rooted and grounded in love,
I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,
that Crist dwelle bi feith in youre hertis; that ye rootid and groundid in charite,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.
I pray that Christ may live in your hearts by faith. I pray that you will be filled with love.
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,
That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
yt Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth yt ye beynge roted and grounded in loue
that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,
that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue,
so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ.
Then Christ will put his bedroll down next to you and stay with you forever. All you have to do is trust in him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Christ: Ephesians 2:21, Isaiah 57:15, John 6:56, John 14:17, John 14:23, John 17:23, Romans 8:9-11, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:16, Revelation 3:20
being: Matthew 13:6, Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Galatians 5:6, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 2:7
grounded: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Luke 6:48,*Gr.
Reciprocal: Psalms 68:28 - strengthen Psalms 92:13 - Those Proverbs 4:6 - love Proverbs 12:3 - the root Proverbs 23:26 - give Song of Solomon 1:13 - he shall Song of Solomon 5:5 - rose Song of Solomon 7:7 - thy breasts Isaiah 64:4 - have not Hosea 14:5 - cast Matthew 13:21 - root Mark 4:6 - no root Luke 8:13 - and these Luke 19:5 - for John 2:23 - many John 15:4 - I John 17:26 - and I Romans 8:10 - if Christ 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:4 - love Ephesians 4:6 - and in Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Ephesians 5:2 - walk Colossians 2:12 - the faith Colossians 3:11 - and 1 Thessalonians 3:8 - if 1 Timothy 6:19 - foundation 1 Peter 1:5 - through
Cross-References
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
"except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die."
God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad."
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.
As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
But the Lord God called out to the man, "Where are you?"
"Who told you that you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?"
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith,.... This is another petition put up by the apostle for the Ephesians, which is for the inhabitation of Christ in them: the inhabitant Christ is he who dwells in the highest heavens, who dwells in the Father, and the Father in him, in whom all fulness dwells, the fulness of the Godhead, and the fulness of grace; so that those in whose hearts he dwells cannot want any good thing, must be in the greatest safety, and enjoy the greatest comfort and pleasure; and this inhabitation of Christ prayed for is not to be understood in such sense, as he dwells everywhere, being the omnipresent God; or as he dwells in the human nature; nor of his dwelling merely by his Spirit, but of a personal indwelling of his; and which is an instance of his special grace: he dwells in his people, as a king in his palace, to rule and protect them, and as a master in his family to provide for them, and as their life to quicken them; it is in consequence of their union to him, and is expressive of their communion with him, and is perpetual; where he once takes up his residence, he never totally and finally departs: the place where he dwells is not their heads, nor their tongues, but their hearts; and this is where no good thing dwells but himself and his grace; and where sin dwells, and where he is often slighted, opposed, and rebelled against: the means by which he dwells is faith; which is not the bond of union to Christ, nor the cause of his being and dwelling in the hearts of his people; but is the instrument or means by which they receive him, and retain him, and by which they have communion with him:
that ye being rooted and grounded in love; either in love to God, and one another; for faith and love go together; and love is sometimes weak, and needs establishing; and what serves to root and ground persons in it, are the discoveries of God's love, views of Christ's loveliness, the consideration of blessings received, and the communion they have with God, and Christ, and one another, and a larger insight into the doctrines of the Gospel: or rather in the love of God to them; which is the root and foundation of salvation; this is in itself immovable and immutable; but saints have not always the manifestations of it, and sometimes call it in question, and have need to be rooted and grounded in it; which is to have a lively sense of it, and to be persuaded of interest in it, and that nothing shall be able to separate from it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith - see the notes, Ephesians 2:22. Expressions like this often occur in the Scriptures, where God is said to dwell in us, and we are said to be the temples of the Holy Spirit; see the John 14:23, note; 1 Corinthians 6:19, note.
That ye being rooted - Firmly established - as a tree is whose roots strike deep, and extend afar. The meaning is, that his love should be as firm in our hearts, as a tree is in the soil, whose roots strike deep into the earth.
And grounded - θεθεμελιωμένοι tethemeliōmenoi - “founded” - as a building is on a foundation. The word is taken from architecture, where a firm foundation is laid, and the meaning is, that he wished them to be as firm in the love of Christ, as a building is that rests on a solid basis.
In love - In love to the Redeemer - perhaps also in love to each other - and to all. Love was the great principle of the true religion, and the apostle wished that they might be fully settled in that.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith — In this as well as in many other passages, and particularly that in Ephesians 2:21, (where see the note,) the apostle compares the body or Church of true believers to a temple, which, like that of Solomon, is built up to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. Here, as Solomon did at the dedication of the temple at Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 6:1, c., Paul, having considered the Church at Ephesus completely formed, as to every external thing, prays that God may come down and dwell in it. And as there could be no indwelling of God but by Christ, and no indwelling of Christ but by faith, he prays that they may have such faith in Christ, as shall keep them in constant possession of his love and presence. God, at the beginning, formed man to be his temple, and while in a state of purity he inhabited this temple when the temple became defiled, God left it. In the order of his eternal mercy, Christ, the repairer of the breach, comes to purify the temple, that it may again become a fit habitation for the blessed God. This is what the apostle points out to the believing Ephesians, in praying that Christ κατοικησαι, might intensely and constantly dwell in their hearts by faith: for the man's heart, which is not God's house, must be a hold of every foul and unclean spirit; as Satan and his angels will endeavour to fill what God does not.
That ye, being rooted and grounded in love — Here is a double metaphor; one taken from agriculture, the other, from architecture. As trees, they are to be rooted in love-this is the soil in which their souls are to grow; into the infinite love of God their souls by faith are to strike their roots, and from this love derive all that nourishment which is essential for their full growth, till they have the mind in them that was in Jesus, or, as it is afterwards said, till they are filled with all the fulness of God. As a building, their foundation is to be laid in this love. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, c. Here is the ground on which alone the soul, and all its hopes and expectations, can be safely founded. This is a foundation that cannot be shaken and it is from this alone that the doctrine of redemption flows to man, and from this alone has the soul its form and comeliness. IN this, as its proper soil, it grows. ON this, as its only foundation, it rests.
