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;
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; (f) According to the greatness of his mercy. (g) See .
Believers never stop needing growth, no matter how far they advance. The Spirit alone causes this strengthening, not our own effort or merit. We must reject the Papist error that later grace comes from our proper use of earlier grace; all growth, from first faith to final perfection, is God's free gift.
AI summary
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith,.... This is another petition put up by the apostle for the Ephesians, which is for the inhabitation of Christ in them: the inhabitant Christ is he who dwells in the highest heavens, who dwells in the Father, and the Father in him, in whom all fulness dwells, the fulness of the Godhead, and the fulness of...