Ephesians 3:19 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 3:19

of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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ASV

and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

KJV

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Ephesians (1107)

And may you be able, he says, to know the love of Christ, which surpasses all understanding. How then shall we know it, when it surpasses all comprehension? First, he said that the love surpasses comprehension, of course, human comprehension; but you will know it …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We are not to understand it of his fulness as God in himself, but of his fulness as a God in covenant with us, as a God to his people: such a fulness as God is ready to bestow, who is willing to fill them all to the utmost of their capacity, and that with all those gifts and graces which he sees they need.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And to know the love of Christ - The love of Christ toward us; the immensity of redeeming love. It is not merely the love which he showed for the Gentiles in calling them into his kingdom, which is here referred to; it is the love which is shown for the lost world in giving himself to die. This love is often referred to in the New Testament, and is declared to surpass all other which has ever been evinced; see the Rom 5:7-8, notes; Joh 15:13, note.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Even as God's power exceeds our thoughts (Eph 3:20). filled with--rather, as Greek, "filled even unto all the fulness of God" (this is the grand goal), that is, filled, each according to your capacity, with the divine wisdom, knowledge, and love; "even as God is full," and as Christ who dwells in your hearts, hath "all the fulness of the Godhead dwelling in Him bodily" (Col 2:9).

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
γνῶναί	gnōnai	to know	G1097 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
τὴν	tēn	which	G3588 →
ὑπερβάλλουσαν	huperballousan	is surpassing	G5235 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
γνώσεως	gnōseōs	knowledge	G1108 →
ἀγάπην	agapēn	love	G26 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ,	Christou	of Christ,	G5547 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
πληρωθῆτε	plērōthēte	you may be filled	G4137 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
πᾶν	pan	all	G3956 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πλήρωμα	plērōma	fullness	G4138 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.¶	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 1:10
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
leads to
- Ephesians 4:1
  As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:2–3
  Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
- John 15:16
  You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- 1 John 3:22
  and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
leads to
- Galatians 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
Through
Ephesians 1:23
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
leads to
- Colossians 1:18–19
  And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
- John 1:16
  From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ephesians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ephesians