Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Ephesians 3:16

Might [δ υ ν α μ ε ι]. Rev., power. Appropriate to the succeeding phrase the inner man, since it signifies faculty or virtue not necessarily manifest. In the inward man [ε ι ς τ ο ν ε σ ω α ν θ ρ ω π ο ν]. The force of the preposition is into : might entering into the inmost personality. Inward man : compare outward man, 2 Corinthians 4:16. It is the rational and moral I; the essence of the man which is conscious of itself as a moral personality. In the unregenerate it is liable to fall under the power of sin (Romans 7:23); and in the regenerate it needs constant renewing and strengthening by the Spirit of God, as here. Compare the hidden man of the heart, 1 Peter 3:4.

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Ephesians 3:16

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