Ephesians 3:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts through belief – having become rooted and grounded in love,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I ask that Christ will live in your hearts through faith. As a result of having strong roots in love,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.

Ephesians 3:17 Cross References

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Matthew 13:6

“But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

Luke 6:48

“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the stream burst against that house, but was unable to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

John 14:17

the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you.

John 14:23

יהושע  answered him, “If anyone loves Me, he shall guard My Word. And My Father shall love him, and We shall come to him and make Our stay with him.

John 17:23

“I in them, and You in Me, so that they might be perfected into one, so that the world knows that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 6:56

“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him.

Romans 5:5

And expectation does not disappoint, because the love of Elohim has been poured out in our hearts by the Set-apart Spirit which was given to us.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollos watered, but Elohim was giving growth.

1 Corinthians 8:1

And concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves whether you are in the belief – prove yourselves. Or do you not know yourselves, that יהושע  Messiah is in you, unless you are disapproved.

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what union has the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”

Galatians 2:20

“I have been impaled with Messiah, and I no longer live, but Messiah lives in me. And that which I now live in the flesh I live by belief in the Son of Elohim, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 5:6

For in Messiah יהושע  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but belief working through love.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the belief, founded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the expectation of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed to every creature under the heaven, of which I, Sha’ul, became a servant,

Colossians 1:27

to whom Elohim desired to make known what are the riches of the esteem of this secret among the gentiles: which is Messiah in you, the expectancy of esteem,

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and built up in Him, and established in the belief, as you were taught, overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that Elohim has for us. Elohim is love, and he who stays in love stays in Elohim, and Elohim in him.

1 John 4:4

You are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Revelation 3:20

“See, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I shall come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.