16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
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Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. …
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)We now come to the second part of this chapter, which contains Paul’s devout and affectionate prayer to God for his beloved Ephesians.— For this cause . This may be referred either to the immediately Eph. 3:13; That you faint not , etc., or, rather, the apostle is here resuming what he began at the Eph. 3:1; from which he digressed in those which are interposed. Observe, I. To whom he prays—to God…
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