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Ephesians 3:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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Role in This Section
The prayer ends by assigning glory to God in the church and in Christ through all generations.
Read It With
- Ephesians 3:14–21
Read Ephesians 3:14–21 as a complete section. The petitions for strength, Christ's indwelling, rooted love, shared comprehension, and fullness build together before verses 20–21 answer with praise to God's power and glory.
Why It Needs Context
Each request advances one cumulative prayer, and the doxology supplies its God-centered end; this verse does not state the prayer's full aim by itself.
Read Ephesians 3:14–21 together
Why these verses belong together: The prayer's petitions build toward fullness and conclude in one doxology to God's power and glory.
Verse 14. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Verse 15. 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Verse 16. 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Verse 17. 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Verse 18. 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Verse 19. 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Verse 20. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Verse 21. 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ephesians 3:14–21 — Prayer for Strength, Love, and FullnessSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact KJV wording and immediate English context for Ephesians 3:14–21.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Ephesians 3; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording and sentence relationships used to check the passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Eph.txt, Ephesians 3, verses within Ephesians 3:14–21.
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