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Ephesians 3:18-20
New English Translation
Ephesians 3:18-20
New English Translation
18 you will be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,[a] 19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to[b] all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us[c] is able to do far beyond[d] all that we ask or think,
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- Ephesians 3:18 sn The object of these dimensions is not stated in the text. Interpreters have suggested a variety of referents for this unstated object, including the cross of Christ, the heavenly Jerusalem (which is then sometimes linked to the Church), God’s power, the fullness of salvation given in Christ, the Wisdom of God, and the love of Christ. Of these interpretations, the last two are the most plausible. Associations from Wisdom literature favor the Wisdom of God, but the immediate context favors the love of Christ. For detailed discussion of these interpretive options, see A. T. Lincoln, Ephesians (WBC), 207-13, who ultimately favors the love of Christ.
- Ephesians 3:19 tn Or “with.”
- Ephesians 3:20 sn On the power that is working within us see 1:19-20.
- Ephesians 3:20 tn Or “infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than.”
Ephesians 3:18-20
New International Version
Ephesians 3:18-20
New International Version
18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,(A) to grasp how wide and long and high and deep(B) is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(C)—that you may be filled(D) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(E)
20 Now to him who is able(F) to do immeasurably more than all we ask(G) or imagine, according to his power(H) that is at work within us,
Ephesians 3:18-20
King James Version
Ephesians 3:18-20
King James Version
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
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Ephesians 3:18-20
New King James Version
Ephesians 3:18-20
New King James Version
18 (A)may be able to comprehend with all the saints (B)what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled (C)with all the fullness of God.
20 Now (D)to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly (E)above all that we ask or think, (F)according to the power that works in us,
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Ephesians 3:18-20
English Standard Version
Ephesians 3:18-20
English Standard Version
18 may have strength to (A)comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and (B)height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ (C)that surpasses knowledge, that (D)you may be filled with all (E)the fullness of God.
20 (F)Now to (G)him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, (H)according to the power at work within us,
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