In Eph 3:16-17 we read the following:
That he would grant
you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his
Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that
ye, being rooted and grounded in love.
In this text, Paul promises the faithful that Christ will dwell in their
hearts. Notwithstanding, in the New Testament, even after his resurrection,
Jesus is presented as being embodied (which is accepted by Trinitarians—it is
part of the Hypostatic Union and the teachings of Chalcedon) and whose body
exists in one place (e.g., Acts 1:11; 7:55-56; Phil 3:21; Heb 7:24-25; 8:1, 3;
Rev 5:5-6, etc). So, Paul is not teaching that the person of Jesus will dwell in one’s heart, but that he will dwell
therein spiritually. This is similar to
how Latter-day Saint apologists (myself included) answer the purported
contradiction about whether God can dwell in hearts based on Alma 34:36 and
D&C 130:3. For a fuller discussion, see:
