That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ver. 16. According to the riches of his glory] That is, of his grace; so 2 Corinthians 3:18. See Trapp on " 2Co 3:18 "
Verse 16. _THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU_] This prayer of the apostle is one of the most grand and sublime in the whole oracles of God. The riches of the grace of the Gospel, and the extent to which the so...
ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY - According to the glorious abundance of his mercy; see Philippians 4:19. Out of those stores of rich grace which can never be exhausted. The word “riches,” so oft...
3. THE MYSTERY MADE KNOWN Chapter S 2:11-3:21 _ 1. The condition of the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11)_ 2. But now in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:13) 3. The new and great relationship (Ephesians 2
THE WRITER'S PRAYER FOR HIS READERS. Kneeling, in a very ecstasy of prayer, before the Father who is the source and prototype of all fatherly relationship whether on earth or in heaven, the writer pra...
PRISON AND PRIVILEGES (Ephesians 3:1-13) To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be noted that Ephesians 3:2-13 are one long parenthesis. The for this cause of Ephesians 3:1...
It is for this cause that I bow my knees in prayer before the Father, of whose fatherhood all heavenly and earthly fatherhood is a copy, that, according to the wealth of his glory, he may grant to you...
It is for this cause that I bow my knees in prayer before the Father, of whose fatherhood all heavenly and earthly fatherhood is a copy, that, according to the wealth of his glory. he may grant to you...
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina_. WOULD GRANT. may give. YOU. to you. TO BE STRENGTHENED. See 1 Corinthians 16:13. MIGHT. App-172. SPIRIT. App-101. INNER. See Romans 7:22. MAN. App-123....
_according to the riches of his glory_ I. e., as He can do Who is Lord of the resources of an Eternal Nature and Heavenly Kingdom. (See on Ephesians 1:18 for the phrase "riches of glory" in another re...
The main theme resumed: prayer for the Indwelling of Christ 14. _For this cause_ The same phrase as that of Ephesians 3:1. See note there. Here the broken connexion is resumed. The "permanent habitati...
ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῸ ΠΛΟΥ͂ΤΟΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΔΌΞΗΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. ‘According to the riches of His glory.’ We have the remission of sius ‘according to the riches of His grace’ (Ephesians 1:7), for the power to live the new life we...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c.
ΔΦ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3708) давать. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) передает содержание молитвы Павла, ΔΥΝΆΜΕΙ _dat. от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΙΣ сила. Здесь, (G1411) с силой, мощно; instr. _dat._ (Ellicott; Abbott),...
DISCOURSE: 2104 PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS Ephesians 3:14. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,...
THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY,— _His glorious riches:_ the glorious abundance of graces which he has to bestow....
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 3:1-19) E. Paul's prayer for our strengthening. Ephesians 3:1-19. 1. Beginning of prayer. Ephesians 3:1. 2. Parenthetical Paul's mini
Stage Two--Our strength and enlargement is of the Holy Spirit....
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; ACCORDING TO - i:e., in abundance, consonant to the riches of His glory;...
__ Summary of the Present Grace 2 The present secret administration of which there is no hint in any Scriptures before this epistle was penned, consists essentially of three separate items, all of w...
REASONS FOR RENEWING THE PRAYER FOR WISDOM 1-13. A digression, which, however, could not be spared. As in Ephesians 1:15, he begins to speak of himself, and this time he explains his unique interest i...
THE INNER MAN] is the immaterial part of man's nature, the soul and spirit; 'the outward man' (2 Corinthians 4:16) being the flesh....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 3 3:1-13 ~ GOD HAS MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN 3:1-6 ~ GOD MADE HIS SECRET KNOWN TO PAUL V1 For this reason...
TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN. — From the Father, as the source of all life and being, St. Paul passes on to the Spirit, “proceeding from the Father,” as the giver of li...
CHAPTER 14 PRAYER AND PRAISE. THE COMPREHENSION OF CHRIST Ephesians 3:14 IN Ephesians 3:14 the prayer is resumed which the apostle was about to offer at the beginning of the chapter, when the curren...
A paragraph containing an earnest prayer for the inward strengthening of the readers, the presence of Christ in them, their enlargement in the knowledge of the love of Christ, and the realisation in t...
ἵνα δῴη ὑμῖν κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ : _that He would grant you according to the riches of His glory_. The ἵνα introduces the subject of the prayer, representing it, however, also as the thin...
THE GREATEST OF ALL DESIRES Ephesians 3:14 The kernel of this prayer is in the clause that Christ may make His home in the believer's heart through faith. The previous petitions lead up to this. Note...
God's dwelling in the Church is not finality. It is equipment for the fulfillment of the divine purpose. The apostle claims a stewardship in the mystery of the Church, and declares the astounding fact...
Paul's Request The outward man is the body everyone can see which gradually grows old. The inward man is the soul that will live eternally (2 Corinthians 4:16). All of us are made new through the wash...
That he would grant you, according to the (f) riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the (g) inner man; (f) According to the greatness of his mercy. (g) See (Romans 7:22...
(13) Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. (14) В¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (15) Of whom the whole family...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
Equality in Christ I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week, in Chapter 2 of Ephesians we took a look at the Lord's "Never Ending Grace." 1. And although the Apostle Paul was speaking specifically to Gentiles,...
16._That he would give to you. _Paul wishes that the Ephesians should be _strengthened; _and yet he had already bestowed on their piety no mean commendation. But believers have never advanced so far a...
The whole of Chapter 3 is a parenthesis unfolding the mystery; and presenting at the same time, in the prayer that concludes it, the second character of God set before us at the beginning of the epist...
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. TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH...
_Wherefore_ Since by my ministry you have been called to the fellowship of the gospel; _I desire that ye faint not_ Be not discouraged or disheartened; _at my tribulations for_ preaching the gospel to...
IN THE INNER MAN; by a great increase of love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, and all the fruits of the Spirit....
THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN;...
The apostle's petition for the Church, which includes an exhortation:...
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED (vs.1-13) "For this cause" -- because of the marvelous greatness of the work God had accomplished for and in His saints -- Paul preached "the unsearchable riches of Chr...
CHAPTER 3 Paul describes himself as: The ____________ of Jesus Christ For the ____________. We are living in the _________________ of the grace of God. A dispensation is a period of _______ given...
“that 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” “THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU”: The word "grant" simply means to...
13-19 The apostle seems to be more anxious lest the believers should be discouraged and faint upon his tribulations, than for what he himself had to bear. He asks for spiritual blessings, which are t...
THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY; i.e. the abundance of his power: see ROMANS 6:4. TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT; further degrees of spiritual strength, proceeding from God's power as the fountain. BY HIS SPIR...
Ephesians 3:16 that G2443 grant G1325 (G5632) (G5630) you G5213 to G2596 riches G4149 His G846 glory...
‘For this reason I bow my knees to the Father from whom every Fatherhood in Heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened wit...
PAUL'S PRAYER FOR HIS READERS (3:14-21). ‘For this reason -.' Compare Ephesians 3:1 which begins in the same way. Does this mean that this is the continuation that he would have made had he not made a...
_The Apostles Prayer for the Church_, _and the concluding Doxology_. As stated in the last section, the thought begun in Ephesians 3:1 is here resumed, and the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of th...
Ephesians 3:16. THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU. This is the purport of the petition, which some extend to the close of Ephesians 3:17 (but the latter verse is probably the result; see notes there). The word...
THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU (ινα δω υμιν). Sub-final clause with ινα and the second aorist active subjunctive of διδωμ, to give. There are really five petitions in this greatest of all Paul's prayers (o...
Ephesians 3:16 The Inner Man. Every one has an inner man, a better self, a potential perfection within him, which will awake and begin to flower when he feels in his soul the touch of God. Through dr...
Ephesians 3:14 Filled with all the Fulness of God. I. Perhaps it would be well to leave this phrase in its vague sublimity without any attempt to explain it as it stands. It appeals to the imaginatio...
Ephesians 3:16 Spiritual Strength. We may fasten upon five significant terms as keys by which we may unlock this Divine casket, so that its precious contents, the riches of the Father's glory, may b...
CONTENTS: Church, a mystery hidden in past ages. Prayer for inner fullness and knowledge. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The divine purpose to make of both Jew and Gentile a...
Ephesians 3:1. _Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ._ He was indeed the prisoner of Caesar, but a greater than Cæsar had said to him in the castle at Jerusalem, “Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou has...
I ASK GOD. "My prayer to God for you is: that out of the wealth of his glory, he would give you power (_compare_ Acts 4:31) through his Spirit who lives in you (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), to be strong in...
_For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named._ A PATTERN OF PRAYER The worldly proverb is, “Every man for himself and...
_That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man._ THE MEASURE OF GOD’S POWER The man of the world is full of what he can...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:14 Paul’s Prayer for Strength and Insight. Paul prays that his readers would be strong in their faith (vv. Ephesians 3:14). He concl
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 3:15. THE WHOLE FAMILY.—R.V. “every family.” The word for “family” is only found in the New Testament in St. Luke 2:4 and Acts 3:25; in one translated “linea...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 3:1 DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
Let's turn to the third chapter of Ephesians. For this cause [Paul said] I, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles (Ephesians 3:1), It is interesting that Paul was actually a prisoner of Rome,...
1 Peter 3:4; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:17;...
Might [δ υ ν α μ ε ι]. Rev., power. Appropriate to the succeeding phrase the inner man, since it signifies faculty or virtue not necessarily manifest. In the inward man [ε ι ς τ ο ν ε σ ω α ν θ ρ ω π...
The riches of his glory — The immense fulness of his glorious wisdom, power, and mercy. The inner man — The soul....