Ephesians 3:17

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܢܶܥܡܰܪ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܒ݁ܗܰܝܡܳܢܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܘܰܒ݂ܠܶܒ݁ܰܘܳܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܚܽܘܒ݁ܳܐ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܢܶܗܘܶܐ ܫܰܪܺܝܪ ܥܶܩܳܪܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܫܶܬ݂ܶܐܣܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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Christ: Ephesians 2:21, Isaiah 57:15, John 6:56, John 14:17, John 14:23, John 17:23, Romans 8:9-11, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:27, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:16, Revelation 3:20

being: Matthew 13:6, Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Galatians 5:6, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 2:7

grounded: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Luke 6:48,*Gr.

Reciprocal: Psalms 68:28 - strengthen Psalms 92:13 - Those Proverbs 4:6 - love Proverbs 12:3 - the root Proverbs 23:26 - give Song of Solomon 1:13 - he shall Song of Solomon 5:5 - rose Song of Solomon 7:7 - thy breasts Isaiah 64:4 - have not Hosea 14:5 - cast Matthew 13:21 - root Mark 4:6 - no root Luke 8:13 - and these Luke 19:5 - for John 2:23 - many John 15:4 - I John 17:26 - and I Romans 8:10 - if Christ 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:4 - love Ephesians 4:6 - and in Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Ephesians 5:2 - walk Colossians 2:12 - the faith Colossians 3:11 - and 1 Thessalonians 3:8 - if 1 Timothy 6:19 - foundation 1 Peter 1:5 - through

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 dwells in the highest heavens, who dwells in the Father, and the Father in him, in whom all fulness dwells, the fulness of the Godhead, and the fulness of grace; so that those in whose hearts he dwells cannot want any good thing, must be in the greatest safety, and enjoy the greatest comfort and pleasure; and this inhabitation of Christ prayed for is not to be understood in such sense, as he dwells everywhere, being the omnipresent God; or as he dwells in the human nature; nor of his dwelling merely by his Spirit, but of a personal indwelling of his; and which is an instance of his special grace: he dwells in his people, as a king in his palace, to rule and protect them, and as a master in his family to provide for them, and as their life to quicken them; it is in consequence of their union to him, and is expressive of their communion with him, and is perpetual; where he once takes up his residence, he never totally and finally departs: the place where he dwells is not their heads, nor their tongues, but their hearts; and this is where no good thing dwells but himself and his grace; and where sin dwells, and where he is often slighted, opposed, and rebelled against: the means by which he dwells is faith; which is not the bond of union to Christ, nor the cause of his being and dwelling in the hearts of his people; but is the instrument or means by which they receive him, and retain him, and by which they have communion with him:

that ye being rooted and grounded in love; either in love to God, and one another; for faith and love go together; and love is sometimes weak, and needs establishing; and what serves to root and ground persons in it, are the discoveries of God's love, views of Christ's loveliness, the consideration of blessings received, and the communion they have with God, and Christ, and one another, and a larger insight into the doctrines of the Gospel: or rather in the love of God to them; which is the root and foundation of salvation; this is in itself immovable and immutable; but saints have not always the manifestations of it, and sometimes call it in question, and have need to be rooted and grounded in it; which is to have a lively sense of it, and to be persuaded of interest in it, and that nothing shall be able to separate from it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 of the Holy Spirit; see the John 14:23, note; 1 Corinthians 6:19, note.

That ye being rooted - Firmly established - as a tree is whose roots strike deep, and extend afar. The meaning is, that his love should be as firm in our hearts, as a tree is in the soil, whose roots strike deep into the earth.

And grounded - θεθεμελιωμένοι tethemeliōmenoi - “founded” - as a building is on a foundation. The word is taken from architecture, where a firm foundation is laid, and the meaning is, that he wished them to be as firm in the love of Christ, as a building is that rests on a solid basis.

In love - In love to the Redeemer - perhaps also in love to each other - and to all. Love was the great principle of the true religion, and the apostle wished that they might be fully settled in that.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 Church of true believers to a temple, which, like that of Solomon, is built up to be a habitation of God through the Spirit. Here, as Solomon did at the dedication of the temple at Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 6:1, c., Paul, having considered the Church at Ephesus completely formed, as to every external thing, prays that God may come down and dwell in it. And as there could be no indwelling of God but by Christ, and no indwelling of Christ but by faith, he prays that they may have such faith in Christ, as shall keep them in constant possession of his love and presence. God, at the beginning, formed man to be his temple, and while in a state of purity he inhabited this temple when the temple became defiled, God left it. In the order of his eternal mercy, Christ, the repairer of the breach, comes to purify the temple, that it may again become a fit habitation for the blessed God. This is what the apostle points out to the believing Ephesians, in praying that Christ κατοικησαι, might intensely and constantly dwell in their hearts by faith: for the man's heart, which is not God's house, must be a hold of every foul and unclean spirit; as Satan and his angels will endeavour to fill what God does not.

That ye, being rooted and grounded in love — Here is a double metaphor; one taken from agriculture, the other, from architecture. As trees, they are to be rooted in love-this is the soil in which their souls are to grow; into the infinite love of God their souls by faith are to strike their roots, and from this love derive all that nourishment which is essential for their full growth, till they have the mind in them that was in Jesus, or, as it is afterwards said, till they are filled with all the fulness of God. As a building, their foundation is to be laid in this love. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, c. Here is the ground on which alone the soul, and all its hopes and expectations, can be safely founded. This is a foundation that cannot be shaken and it is from this alone that the doctrine of redemption flows to man, and from this alone has the soul its form and comeliness. IN this, as its proper soil, it grows. ON this, as its only foundation, it rests.