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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—

Context of Ephesians 3:18

16I pray that from His glorious riches He would grant you to be strengthened in your inner being with power through His Ruach, 17so that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to grasp with all the kedoshim what is the width and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Messiah which surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled up with all the fullness of God. 20Now to Him who is able to do far beyond all that we ask or imagine, by means of His power that works in 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 Messiah which surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled up with all the fullness of God.
• Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what is the richness of His glorious inheritance in the kedoshim,
• Job 11:7“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
• Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy for those who fear Him.
• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
• Isaiah 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
• John 15:13No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
• Galatians 2:20and it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by trusting in Ben-Elohim—who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
• Galatians 3:13Messiah liberated us from Torah’s curse, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)—
• Philippians 2:5Have this attitude in yourselves, which also was in Messiah Yeshua,
• Philippians 3:8More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah
• 1 Timothy 1:14and the grace of our Lord overflowed with the faith and love that are in Messiah Yeshua.
• 1 Timothy 3:16Now beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness: He was revealed in the flesh, Vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Trusted throughout the world, Taken up in glory.
• Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I myself overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Ephesians 1:10The plan of the fullness of times is to bring all things together in the Messiah—both things in heaven and things on earth, all in Him.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said, “Adonai came from Sinai and dawned on Bnei-Yisrael from Seir. He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came from the holy myriads— blazing fire for them from 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