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v.14 Paul prays with boldness:
3:11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
3:12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
v.15 things in heaven and things on earth
1:9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
v.16 compare with previous prayer:
1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
1:18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know
- what is the hope to which he has called you,
- what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
1:19
- and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
1:20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places...
v.17 Christ dwelling in your hearts
2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
2:21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
v.18 Holy ones
1:15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the holy ones,
2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,
2:21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
v.18b breadth and length and height and depth
- Two pairs of extremes expressing totality
- Probably best taken as the scale of our destiny (see things in heaven and things on earth + ending verse)
v.19b fullness
1:23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
- The two lines are the same thing:
- Fee, God’s Empowering Presence, 697: “‘The power that is at work in us’ is precisely what was said above in vv. 16–17: ‘to be strengthened by his power through the Spirit in the inner person,’ which takes the form of ‘Christ [and thereby his love] dwelling in our hearts by faith.’ ”
v.20 His power is already known
1:19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
1:20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Version: NET Bible