Ephesians 3:19 (DRB)

Passage

To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

Ephesians 3:18 You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

Ephesians 3:19 To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:

Ephesians 3:21 To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "charity", "christ", "surpasseth", "knowledge", "filled", and "fulness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "charity" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "You may be able to comprehend with..." into verse 20's "Now to him who is able to...", so "charity" 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 "charity" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.