Ephesians 3:17b-18 (plus verse 19): "that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
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Each of the first four verses of this hymn focuses on one attribute from "the breadth and length and height and depth." Here are the first lines:
The fifth verse is something of a doxology (it begins, "All praise to You, O Christ"), and these four adjectives are repeated: "For love whose depth and height, / Whose length and breadth fill time and space."
How wide the love of Christ!
How long the love of Christ!
How high the love of Christ!
How deep the love of Christ,The remainder of each verse then provides an example of how this love of Christ is shown.
The fifth verse is something of a doxology (it begins, "All praise to You, O Christ"), and these four adjectives are repeated: "For love whose depth and height, / Whose length and breadth fill time and space."
