What Does Ephesians 3:18 Mean in the King James?
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Comprehension is a shared grasp of Christ’s love, an expanse that reaches in every direction.
THE MEANING
You take hold of Christ’s love in company with all the set-apart ones. Its breadth, length, depth, and height name an expanse that meets you from every direction. Understanding appears here as a shared, living grasp.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
You are not excluded from knowing Christ’s love until you can comprehend it alone; the verse places this grasp among all the saints.
THE ROOT
καταλαβέσθαι
katalabesthai
GROWS FROM
λαμβάνω
lambanō
To take or receive; in compounds, to take hold of, seize, or attain.
English “comprehend” can sound like an inward act of intellect; this Greek verb carries the sense of taking hold of or attaining. Beside “with all saints,” it pictures understanding as a grasp shared across the community.
ALSO GROWS
elabon: Received, took
ἔλαβον
This form from the same root shows that grasping can also carry the sense of receiving what is offered.
antilambanomai: Take hold of, help, support
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι
This compound keeps the root’s sense of grasping close to physical support, illuminating the shared character of understanding “with all saints.”
THE PATTERN
The expanse of divine love exceeds a single measure and becomes known in shared life.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;THE THREAD
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:“Received” is ἔλαβον (elabon), a form of λαμβάνω (lambanō), the same root carried by “comprehend” here. The echo lets the grasp of Christ’s love carry the shape of receiving what is offered, within the company named in Ephesians.
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