Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

New American Standard Bible

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

King James Version

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

International Standard Version

and that the Messiah would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,

A Conservative Version

For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

American Standard Version

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Amplified

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,

An Understandable Version

so that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. [I pray] that you will be rooted and grounded in [your] love,

Anderson New Testament

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith;

Bible in Basic English

So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

Common New Testament

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Daniel Mace New Testament

so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ.

Darby Translation

that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

Goodspeed New Testament

and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong,

John Wesley New Testament

That being rooted and grounded in love,

Julia Smith Translation

For Christ to dwell by faith in your hearts; in love being rendered firm, and the foundation laid,

King James 2000

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Lexham Expanded Bible

[that] Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),

Modern King James verseion

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Moffatt New Testament

May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith!

Montgomery New Testament

that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

NET Bible

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

New Heart English Bible

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Noyes New Testament

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, ye having been rooted and grounded in love,

Sawyer New Testament

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love,

The Emphasized Bible

That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that rooted and grounded in love,

Twentieth Century New Testament

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

Webster

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Weymouth New Testament

I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,

Williams New Testament

and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,

World English Bible

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Worrell New Testament

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that ye, having been rooted and grounded in love,

Worsley New Testament

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith: and be ye rooted and grounded in love,

Youngs Literal Translation

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

κατοικέω 
Katoikeo 
Usage: 40

in
ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

καρδία 
Kardia 
Usage: 116

by
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

ῥιζόω 
Rhizoo 
Usage: 2

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

θεμελιόω 
themelioo 
Usage: 4

Images Ephesians 3:17

Context Readings

Prayer For Spiritual Strength

16 I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, 17 and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love,


Cross References

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.

Galatians 2:20

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Revelation 3:20

Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.

Matthew 7:24-25

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

Luke 6:48

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

John 14:17

He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.

John 17:23

I am in them and You are in Me.
May they be made completely one,
so the world may know You have sent Me
and have loved them as You have loved Me.

Romans 5:5

This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:9-11

You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

1 Corinthians 8:1

About food offered to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols? For we are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell among them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

Ephesians 2:21-22

The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.

Colossians 1:27

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

1 John 4:4

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

John 6:56

The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood lives in Me, and I in him.

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