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Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians

Ephesians 3:18

In 9 translations

BSB
will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
KJV
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
WEB
may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
ASV
may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
LSV
that you may be in strength to comprehend, with all the holy ones, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
YLT
that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,
DBY
in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
DRC
You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth:
GNV
That ye, being rooted and grounded in loue, may be able to comprehend with al Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height:

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὕψος elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place βάθος elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὕψος καὶ βάθος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὕψος καὶ βάθος; Robinson–Pierpont read βάθος καὶ ὕψος.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ ὕψος καὶ βάθος,
RP2018
ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος καὶ ὕψος,
TR-Boyd
ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος καὶ ὕψος,
SCR1894
εν αγαπη ερριζωμενοι και τεθεμελιωμενοι ινα εξισχυσητε καταλαβεσθαι συν πασιν τοις αγιοις τι το πλατος και μηκος και βαθος και υψος

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 103:11–12For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
  • Job 11:7–9Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and…
  • Ephesians 1:18–23I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe.…
  • John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
  • Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  • Galatians 2:20I 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 me and gave Himself up for me.
  • Isaiah 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Philippians 2:5–8Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in…
  • Ephesians 1:15For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
  • 1 Timothy 1:14–16And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I…
  • Psalms 145:10All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
  • Titus 2:13–14as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous…
  • Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
  • Romans 10:11–12It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
  • Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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