11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- KJV King James Version
- That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- ASV American Standard Version
- that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, having been rooted and founded in love,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- May Christ live in you as you trust in him, so that as you are planted deep in love,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,
- DBY Darby Translation
- that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατοικῆσαι | katoikēsai | may dwell | G2730 κατοικέω to dwell |
| τὸν | ton | so that | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Χριστὸν | Christon | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ταῖς | tais | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίαις | kardiais | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἀγάπῃ | agapē | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| ἐρριζωμένοι | errizōmenoi | [Then] you, being rooted | G4492 ῥιζόω to root |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τεθεμελιωμένοι | tethemeliōmenoi | grounded | G2311 θεμελιόω to found |
Related verses
- Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
- John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- 1 John 4:16
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
- Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- Ephesians 2:21–22
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
- Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- 1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
19 and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Read all of Ephesians 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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