SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:16
que os d, conforme a las riquezas de su gloria, el ser corroborados con potencia en el hombre interior por su Espíritu.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:16
Verse 16. That he would grant you] This prayer of the apostle is one of the most grand and sublime in the whole oracles of God. The riches of the grace of the Gospel, and the extent to which the soul of man may be saved here below, are most emphatically pointed out here. Every word seems to have come immediately from heaven; labouring to convey ideas of infinite importance to mankind. No paraphrase can do it justice, and few commentators seem to have entered into its spirit; perhaps deterred by its unparalleled sublimity. I shall only attempt a few observations upon the terms, to show their force and meaning; and leave all the rest to that Spirit by which these most important words were dictated. In the mean time referring the reader to the discourse lately published on this prayer of the apostle, entitled, The Family of God and its Privileges. That he would grant you - You can expect nothing from him but as a free gift through Christ Jesus; let this be a ruling sentiment of your hearts when you pray to God.
According to the riches of his glory] According to the measure of his own eternal fullness; God's infinite mercy and goodness being the measure according to which we are to be saved. In giving alms it is a maxim that every one should act according to his ability. It would be a disgrace to a king or a noble-man to give no more than a tradesman or a peasant. God acts up to the dignity of his infinite perfections; he gives according to the riches of his glory.
To be strengthened with might] Ye have many enemies, cunning and strong; many trials, too great for your natural strength; many temptations, which no human power is able successfully to resist; many duties to perform, which cannot be accomplished by the strength of man; therefore you need Divine strength; ye must have might; and ye must be strengthened every where, and every way fortified by that might; mightily and most effectually strengthened.
By his Spirit] By the sovereign energy of the Holy Ghost. This fountain of spiritual energy can alone supply the spiritual strength which is necessary for this spiritual work and conflict.
In the inner man] In the soul. Every man is a compound being; he has a body and a soul. The outward man is that alone which is seen and considered by men; the inward man is that which stands particularly in reference to God and eternity. The outward man is strengthened by earthly food, &c.; the inward man, by spiritual and heavenly influences.
Knowledge, love, peace, and holiness, are the food of the inward man; or rather Jesus Christ, that bread of life which came down from heaven: he that eateth this bread shall live and be strengthened by it. The soul must be as truly fed and nourished by Divine food as the body by natural food.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory , &c.] Or according to, and out of that rich, plenteous, and glorious fulness of grace and strength in Christ Jesus. To be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; this is the petition which the apostle puts up on his bended knees to the Father of Christ, that he would strengthen these saints, that so they might not faint at the tribulations which either he or they endured. Believers in Christ need fresh supplies of strength to enable them to exercise grace, to perform duties, to resist Satan and his temptations, to oppose their corruptions, and to bear the cross, and undergo afflictions cheerfully, and to hold on and out to the end: this is a blessing that comes from God, and is a gift of his free grace; a grant from him who is the strength of the lives of his people, of their salvation, of their hearts, and of the work of grace in their hearts: the means whereby the saints are strengthened by God, is his Spirit; who strengthens them by leading them to the fulness of grace and strength in Christ, by shedding abroad the love of God in their hearts, by applying the promises of the Gospel to them, and by making the Gospel itself, and the ordinances of it, useful to them, causing them to go from strength to strength in them: the subject of this blessing is the inner man, or the Spirit, or soul of man, which is the seat of grace; and this shows that this was spiritual strength which is here desired, which may be where there is much bodily weakness, and for which there should be the greatest concern; and that this strength is not naturally there, it must be given, or put into it.
This last phrase, in the inner man , is joined to the beginning of the next verse in the Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, in the inner man Christ may dwell, &c.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 13-19 - The apostle seems to be more anxious lest the believers should be discouraged and faint upon his tribulations, than for what he himsel had to bear. He asks for spiritual blessings, which are the bes blessings. Strength from the Spirit of God in the inner man; strengt in the soul; the strength of faith, to serve God, and to do our duty If the law of Christ is written in our hearts, and the love of Chris is shed abroad there, then Christ dwells there. Where his Spiri dwells, there he dwells. We should desire that good affections may be fixed in us. And how desirable to have a fixed sense of the love of God in Christ to our souls! How powerfully the apostle speaks of the love of Christ! The breadth shows its extent to all nations and ranks; the length, that it continues from everlasting to everlasting; the depth its saving those who are sunk into the depths of sin and misery; the height, its raising them up to heavenly happiness and glory. Those wh receive grace for grace from Christ's fulness, may be said to be fille with the fulness of God. Should not this satisfy man? Must he need fill himself with a thousand trifles, fancying thereby to complete his happiness?
Greek Textus Receptus
ινα 2443 δωη 1325 5632 1325 5630 υμιν 5213 κατα 2596 τον 3588 πλουτον 4149 της 3588 δοξης 1391 αυτου 846 δυναμει 1411 κραταιωθηναι 2901 5683 δια 1223 του 3588 πνευματος 4151 αυτου 846 εις 1519 τον 3588 εσω 2080 ανθρωπον 444
Vincent's NT Word Studies
16. Might (dunamei). Rev., power. Appropriate to the succeeding phrase the inner man, since it signifies faculty or virtue not necessarily manifest. In the inward man (eiv ton esw anqrwpon). The force of the preposition is into: might entering into the inmost personality. Inward man: compare outward man, 2 Cor. iv. 16. It is the rational and moral I; the essence of the man which is conscious of itself as a moral personality. In the unregenerate it is liable to fall under the power of sin (Rom. vii. 23); and in the regenerate it needs constant renewing and strengthening by the Spirit of God, as here. Compare the hidden man of the heart, 1 Pet. iii. 4.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
3:16 {That he would grant you} (hina dwi humin). Sub-final clause with hina and the second aorist active subjunctive of didwmi, to give. There are really five petitions in this greatest of all Paul's prayers (one already in #1:16-23), two by the infinitives after hina dwi (krataiwqenai, katoikesai), two infinitives after hina exiscusete (katalabesqai, gnwnai), and the last clause hina plerwqete. Nowhere does Paul sound such depths of spiritual emotion or rise to such heights of spiritual passion as here. The whole seems to be colored with "the riches of His glory." {That ye may be strengthened} (krataiwqenai). First aorist passive infinitive of krataiow, late and rare (LXX, N.T.) from krataios, late form from kratos (strength). See #Lu 1:80. Paul adds dunamei (with the Spirit). Instrumental case. {In the inward man} (eis ton esw anqrwpon). Same expression in #2Co 4:16 (in contrast with the outward ex", man) and in #Ro 7:22.
