Ephesians 3:18

Ephesians 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
• New International Version (NIV)may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
• New King James Version (NKJV)may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
• New Living Translation (NLT)And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

Context of Ephesians 3:18

16that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength 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, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Ephesians 3:18 word by word

ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ ὕψος καὶ βάθος,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• May be ableἐξισχύωexischuō · to have powerG1840
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• comprehendκαταλαμβάνωkatalambanō · to graspG2638
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• the breadthπλάτοςplatos · widthG4114
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• lengthμῆκοςmēkos · lengthG3372
• depthβάθοςbathos · depthG899
• heightὕψοςhupsos · heightG5311

Cross-references for Ephesians 3:18

• Ephesians 3:19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Ephesians 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
• Job 11:7"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
• Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
• Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
• Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
• Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"—
• Philippians 2:5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
• Philippians 3:8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
• 1 Timothy 1:14and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Timothy 3:16Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
• Revelation 3:21The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.

Commentaries on Ephesians 3:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18May be able to comprehend with all saints - ̔ . These words are so exceedingly nervous and full of meaning, that it is almost impossible to translate them. The first word, , from , intensive, and , to be strong, signifies that they might be thoroughly able, by having been strengthened with might, by God's power. The second word , from , intensive, and , to take, catch, or seize on, may be translated, that ye may fully catch, take in, and comprehend this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18May be able to comprehend with all saints - That all others with you may be able to understand this. It was his desire that others, as well as they, might appreciate the wonders of redemption. What is the breadth, and length, … - It has been doubted to what this refers. Locke says it refers to the mystery of calling the Gentiles as well as the Jews. Chandler supposes there is an allusion in all this to the temple at Ephesus. It was one of the wonders of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-19Verses 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 the best blessings. 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. If the law of Christ is written in our hearts, and the love of Christ is shed abroad there, then Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18to comprehend the length and width and height and depth: Christ's love is great in every dimension (see Romans 8:38–39).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. May be able--even still further. Greek, "May be fully able." breadth ... length ... depth ... height--namely, the full dimensions of the spiritual temple, answering to "the fulness of God" (Ep 3:19), to which the Church, according to its capacity, ought to correspond (compare Ep 4:10, 13) as to "the fulness of Christ." The "breadth" implies Christ's world-wide love, embracing all men: the "length," its being extended through all ages (Ep 3:21); the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ephesians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings