¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵from whom ^wevery family³ in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶that according to ^xthe riches of his glory ^yhe may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit ^zin your inner being, ¹⁷^aso that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being ^brooted and ^cgrounded in love, ¹⁸may have strength to ^dcomprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and ^eheight and depth,

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Ephesians 3:17: … so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love …

Footnotes

3Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14

Cross references

wSee ch. 1:10, 21
xSee ver. 8
y 1 Cor. 16:13; [ch. 6:10; Phil. 4:13; Col. 1:11]
zSee Rom. 7:22
a[ch. 2:22]
b Col. 2:7
c Col. 1:23
d[John 1:5]
e Rom. 8:39; [Job 11:8, 9]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,

NLTNew Living Translation

When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love), in order that you may be strong enough to grasp together with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth,

KJV 1900King James Version

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, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

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