Ephesians 3:17

WEB

¹⁷that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

KJV

¹⁷That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

BSB

¹⁷so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

FBV

¹⁷May Christ live in you as you trust in him, so that as you are planted deep in love,

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Extra References

Colossians 2:7

⁷rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

John 14:23

²³Jesus 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

¹⁶We 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.

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who 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

⁵and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Ephesians 2:21-22

²¹in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; ²²in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

Revelation 3:20

²⁰Behold, 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

¹⁶What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

1 John 4:4

⁴You 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

¹⁵For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “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.