Ephesians 3:16

Paul prays God would strengthen them inwardly with power through his Spirit. It asks for Spirit-given inner strength.

Cross-references · 26

• Col 1:11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
• Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
• Isa 40:29–31He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
• Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.
• 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
• Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
• 2 Cor 12:9He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Ps 28:8Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
• Phil 4:19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
• 1 Cor 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
• Ps 138:3In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
• Rom 9:23and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
• Col 1:27to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
• Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
• Eph 3:8To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Eph 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 1:7in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
• Heb 11:34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
• Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• 1 Pet 3:4but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
• Rom 2:29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
• Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
• Job 23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

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