Ephesians 3:17 (DBY)

Passage

that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 3:15 of whom every family in [the] heavens and on earth is named,

Ephesians 3:16 in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;

Ephesians 3:17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

Ephesians 3:18 in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;

Ephesians 3:19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled [even] to all the fulness of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "christ", "dwell", "through", "hearts", "rooted", "founded", and "love". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "in order that he may give you..." into verse 18's "in order that ye may be fully...", so "faith" and "christ" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.