Ephesians 3:16
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”
δύναμις
God's Spirit doesn't just encourage you from the outside — he works from the inside out, giving you a deep, steady capability to handle whatever life demands of you.
πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
The Holy Spirit is God himself, living inside you, and he is the very source of the inner strength Paul is praying you would receive.
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δίδωμι
He may give
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δίδωμι
God isn't reluctantly handing out strength here — he's lavishly releasing it, the way someone gives from abundance rather than obligation.
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ἔσω
Inner man
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ἔσω
Your truest self — the inner life of thoughts, will, and spirit — is exactly where God does his deepest work, because real transformation always starts from the inside out.
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πλοῦτος
riches
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πλοῦτος
God's glory isn't rationed out in small doses — it's an overflowing reservoir, and Paul is saying that the inner strengthening he's praying for comes drawn from that inexhaustible supply.
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δόξα
glory
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δόξα
God's glory here refers to the boundless wealth and magnitude of who he is — and it's from that inexhaustible reservoir that he draws when strengthening you, meaning his power toward you is never running low.
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κραταιόω
to be strengthened
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κραταιόω
God himself is the source of a deep, growing strength that fills you from the inside out — not the kind you drum up on your own, but the kind that keeps building the longer you rely on his Spirit.
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