Ephesians 3:16 (LSB)

Passage

that He would give you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

Ephesians 3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Ephesians 3:16 that He would give you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "give", "riches", "glory", "strengthened", "power", "through", and "inner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "from whom every family in heaven and..." into verse 17's "so that Christ may dwell in your...", so "Spirit" and "give" 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 "Spirit" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.