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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CHRIST, &C. See Romans 8:9.
DWELL. See Acts 2:5.
ROOTED. Greek. _rhizoomai._ Only here and Colossians 2:7.
GROUNDED. founded. Greek. _themelioo._ See App-146 and...
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_that Christ may dwell_ This clause is in close connexion with the
preceding. The "strengthening" is the requisite to the "dwelling"; the
"dwelling" the sure sequel to the "strengthening." See last no...
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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...
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ΚΑΤΟΙΚΗ͂ΣΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. The result of the spiritual
strengthening is to enable men to satisfy the conditions for the
indwelling of the Christ in personal presence and power in the centre
of their being. Se...
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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.
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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,...
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_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
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(3:17) Our preparation as a temple is for a purpose. "That" introduces
a purpose clause, "that Christ may dwell". The place of His dwelling
is in our "hearts" ("inner being"). "Faith" is the means of...
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
THAT - so that.
DWELL, [ katoikeesai (G2730)] - abidingly (John 14:16; John 14:18;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH. — What that
indwelling power is he now indicates, so passing to another Person of
the Holy Trinity. It is (see Colossians 1:27) “Christ in you, the
hope...
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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...
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CHAPTER 15
KNOWING THE UNKNOWABLE
Ephesians 3:17
WE were compelled to pause before reaching the end of the apostle's
comprehensive prayer. But we must not let slip the thread of its
connection. Ephe...
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κατοικῆσαι τὸν Χριστὸν διὰ τῆς
πίστεως ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν : _that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith_. The presence of
Christ, His _stated_ presence (κατοικεῖν as contrasted with
παροικε...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in (h) love,
(h) With which God loves us, which is the root of our election....
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Christ dwelleth in us by his gifts, and we are just by those his gifts
remaining in us; and not by Christ's proper justice only, as some
modern innovators will have it. (Bristow) --- And this not by _...
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(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...
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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...
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_LOVE BASED ON KNOWLEDGE_
‘Rooted and grounded in love.’
Ephesians 3:17
Sentimental love is seldom the genuine article, since those who feel
most say the least. And the idea that religion should be...
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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,...
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17._That Christ may dwell. _He explains what is meant by “the
strength of the inner man.” As
“it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell,”
(Colossians 1:19,)
so he who has Christ dwe...
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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...
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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 dw...
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
Ver. 17. _That Christ may dwell_] As the sun dwells in the house by
his beams. Faith fetcheth Christ into th...
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_That Christ may dwell in your hearts_ May be always present with you,
and may reside continually in you, by his purifying and comforting
influences, so as to direct your judgment, engross your affect...
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DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS; as the object of supreme affection.
ROOTED AND GROUNDED; fixed as trees in a deep, fruitful soil, and firm
as a building on a rock....
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The apostle's petition for the Church, which includes an exhortation:...
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THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH; THAT YE, BEING ROOTED
AND GROUNDED IN LOVE,...
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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...
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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...
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“THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH; TO THE END THAT
YE, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE”
“May dwell”: To house permanently, to reside or inhabit. “That
Christ may take up residence...
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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...
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THAT CHRIST; on whom this Spirit (who must strengthen you, as being a
_Spirit of might,_ ISAIAH 11:2) resteth, ISAIAH 61:1 MAY DWELL IN YOUR
HEARTS; may intimately and continually possess and fill, no...
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Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
Thus when, writing to the Ephesians, he spoke of "Christ dwelling in
their inner man," he meant, no doubt, that the Lord ought to be
admitted into their se...
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Ephesians 3:17 Christ G5547 dwell G2730 (G5658) in G1722 your G5216
hearts G2588 through G1223 faith G4102 that
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‘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...
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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...
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Enjoying the empowering of the Spirit and the indwelling of the risen
Christ their very being will be rooted and grounded in love, for love
is the basis of their salvation (John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 1 Jo...
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_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...
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Ephesians 3:17. THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL, etc. This may be regarded as
parallel with Ephesians 3:16: ‘to be strengthened,' etc., since the
form is the same (in the infinitive); or, as an added clause of...
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THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL
(κατοικησα τον Χριστον). Another infinitive (first
aorist active) after ινα δω. Κατοικεω is an old verb to
make one's home, to be at home. Christ (Χριστον accusative of
genera...
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Ephesians 3:17
I. It is certain that something will dwell in our hearts. They are not
intended to remain empty. If they are not filled with good, some evil
spirit will enter in, and he, not Christ, wi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THAT CHRIST. "And that Christ, who bought you for God by his death
and made these promises of God available to you, will make his home in
your hearts! Faith is the means by which he does this." YO...
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_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...
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_That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love._
THE SUBSTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY
Here is the sum and substance of Christianity: “That Christ may
dwell in you...
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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
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 3:17 In v. Ephesians 3:16 Paul speaks of
the indwelling “Spirit” and here of the indwelling CHRIST. This
suggests that the Spirit
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 3:1
DIGRESSION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE GENTILES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
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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,...
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1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:4; 2 Corinthians 5:14;...
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May dwell [κ α τ ο ι κ η σ α ι]. Settle down and abide. Take
up His permanent abode, so that ye may be a habitation [κ α τ ο ι
κ η τ η ρ ι ο ν] of God. See on ch. Ephesians 2:22. The
connection is wit...
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Dwell — That is, constantly and sensibly abide....
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Our apostle here proceeds with affectionate ardour to pray for further
spiritual blessings on the behalf of his beloved Ephesians:
1. He prays that Christ may dwell in their hearts by his most holy
fa...