Paul's Ephesians 3 Prayer

Illustration of Paul's Ephesians 3 Prayer

In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul, writing from Roman imprisonment around 60-62 AD, offers this intercessory prayer for the Gentile believers in Ephesus amid his broader discussion of the church's unity in Christ. He petitions God the Father to strengthen them inwardly through the Holy Spirit, root them in love, and grant them power to grasp the immeasurable breadth, length, height, and depth of Christ's love that surpasses knowledge. This prayer matters because it models how believers should prioritize spiritual empowerment and intimate comprehension of divine realities over mere external circumstances or trials. Its significance in Scripture lies in revealing the transformative goal of being filled with God's fullness, influencing Christian theology on prayer, sanctification, and the boundless nature of redemptive love.

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Intercession
Prayed by
Paul

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The Prayer

Ephesians 3:14-21

F14or this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 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, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

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