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and to know Christ`s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.
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Knowing the Unknowable Love
Paul prays for believers to know Christ's love, yet calls it a love that “surpasses knowledge.” Commentators explain this isn't a contradiction. It means we can experience and grow in our understanding of Christ's love, but its infinite depth and richness can never be fully grasped by the human mind. This knowledge is a spiritual gift, revealed by the Holy Spirit, not just an intellectual exercise.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And to know the love of Christ. The love of Christ towards us; the immensity of redeeming love. It is not merely the love which he showed …
And to know (γνωνα τε). Second aorist active infinitive with εξισχυσητε.
Which passeth knowledge (την υπερ…
19th Century
Anglican
To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.—The intentional paradox of this expression is weakened if (with many…
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Paul recognizes, however, that he is attempting to measure the immeasurable and so paradoxically prays that the Ephesian Christians may in fact com…
16th Century
Protestant
And to know the love of Christ. By those dimensions Paul means nothing other than the love of Christ, which he discusses later. The meanin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge , &c.] The love of Christ to his own, to his church and peopl…
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The apostle seems to be more anxious that the believers should not be discouraged and faint because of his tribulations, than for what he himself h…
