SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:20
Y a Aquel que es poderoso para hacer todas las cosas mucho ms abundantemente de lo que pedimos o entendemos, por la potencia que obra en nosotros,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 3:20
Verse 20. Now unto him] Having finished his short, but most wonderfully comprehensive and energetic prayer, the apostle brings in his doxology, giving praise to Him from whom all blessings come, and to whom all thanks are due. That is able to do exceeding abundantly] It is impossible to express the full meaning of these words, God is omnipotent, therefore he is able to do all things, and able to do uper ek perissou, superabundantly above the greatest abundance. And who can doubt this, who has any rational or Scriptural views of his power or his love? All that we ask or think] We can ask every good of which we have heard, every good which God has promised in his word; and we can think of, or imagine, goods and blessings beyond all that we have either read of or seen: yea, we can imagine good things to which it is impossible for us to give a name; we can go beyond the limits of all human descriptions; we can imagine more than even God has specified in his word; and can feel no bounds to our imagination of good, but impossibility and eternity: and after all, God is able to do more for us than we can ask or think; and his ability here is so necessarily connected with his willingness, that the one indisputably implies the other; for, of what consequence would it be to tell the Church of God that he had power to do so and so, if there were not implied an assurance that he will do what his power can, and what the soul of man needs to have done? According to the power that worketh in us] All that he can do, and all that he has promised to do, will be done according to what he has done, by that power of the holy Ghost thn energoumenhn, which worketh strongly in us - acts with energy in our hearts, expelling evil, purifying and refining the affections and desires, and implanting good.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly , &c.] This is the conclusion of the apostle's prayer, in which the power of God is celebrated, a perfection which is essential unto God, and is very large and extensive; it reaches to all things, to every thing that he wills, which is his actual or ordinative power; and to more things than he has willed, which is his absolute power; and to all things that have been, are, or shall be, and to things impossible with men; though there are some things which God cannot do, such as are contrary to his nature, inconsistent with his will, his decrees and purposes, which imply a contradiction, and are foreign to truth, which to do would be to deny himself: but then he can do above all that we ask or think ; he can do more than men ask for, as he did for Solomon: God knows what we want before we ask, and he has made provisions for his people before they ask for them; some of which things we never could, and others we never should have asked for, if he had not provided them; and without the Spirit of God we know not what to ask for, nor how to ask aright; this affords great encouragement to go to God, and ask such things of him as we want, and he has provided; and who also can do more than we can think, imagine, or conceive in our minds. According to the power that worketh in us : either in believers in common, meaning the Spirit of God, who is the finger and power of God, who begins, and carries on, and will finish the work of grace in them, and which is an evidence of the exceeding greatness of the power of God; or in the apostles in particular, in fitting and furnishing them for their work, and succeeding them in it; which is another proof and demonstration of the abundant power of God, and shows what he can do if he pleases.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20, 21 - It is proper always to end prayers with praises. Let us expect more and ask for more, encouraged by what Christ has already done for ou souls, being assured that the conversion of sinners, and the comfort of believers, will be to his glory, for ever and ever __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
αυτω 846 P-DSM η 3588 T-NSF δοξα 1391 N-NSF εν 1722 PREP τη 3588 T-DSF εκκλησια 1577 N-DSF εν 1722 PREP χριστω 5547 N-DSM ιησου 2424 N-DSM εις 1519 PREP πασας 3956 A-APF τας 3588 T-APF γενεας 1074 N-APF του 3588 T-GSM αιωνος 165 N-GSM των 3588 T-GPM αιωνων 165 N-GPM αμην 281 HEB
Vincent's NT Word Studies
20. Exceeding abundantly (uperekperissou). Only here, 1 Thessalonians iii. 10; v. 13. Superabundantly. One of the numerous compounds of uJper beyond, over and above, of which Paul is fond. Of twenty-eight words compounded with this preposition in the New Testament, Paul alone uses twenty. For the order and construction, see next note.Above all (uper panta). These words should not be connected with that, as A.V. and Rev.: "above all that we ask," etc. They form with do an independent clause. The next clause begins with exceedingly above, and is construed with w=n that which we ask, etc. Read the whole, "Unto Him who is able to do beyond all, exceedingly above that which," etc.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
3:20 {That is able to do} (twi dunamenwi poiesai). Dative case of the articular participle (present middle of dunamai). Paul is fully aware of the greatness of the blessings asked for, but the Doxology ascribes to God the power to do them for us. {Above all} (huper panta). Not simply panta, but huper beyond and above all. {Exceedingly abundantly} (huperekperissou). Late and rare double compound (huper, ek, perissou) adverb (LXX, #1Th 3:10; 5:13; Eph 3:20). It suits well Paul's effort to pile Pelion on Ossa. {That we ask} (hwn aitoumeqa). Ablative of the relative pronoun attracted from the accusative ha to the case of the unexpressed antecedent toutwn. Middle voice (aitoumeqa) "we ask for ourselves." {Or think} (e nooumen). The highest aspiration is not beyond God's "power" (dunamin) to bestow.
