THE LOVE OF CHRIST

Ephesians 3:14-21

Key Verse: 3:17,18

“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.”

1. How does Paul pray before God? (14) What does he affirm about God? (14-15)

2. What is his first prayer topic for the Ephesians? (16) How can our inner being be strengthened? (Ro. 5:6-8) Why is Paul concerned about their inner strength?

3. How can Christ dwell in our hearts? (17a; Col 2:6,7) What is the relationship between the indwelling of Christ and the strengthening of our inner being?

4. What does it mean to be rooted and established in love? (17b)

5. What does Paul want them to grasp and to know? (18-19)

6. Read the benediction, verses 20-21. What does Paul teach about God in these verses? What is hope God gives us in the church and in Christ Jesus?