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Ephesians 2

Eph. 2:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
whom
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
the building
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
oikodome (Greek #3619)
architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation
KJV usage: building, edify(-ication, -ing).
Pronounce: oy-kod-om-ay'
Origin: feminine (abstract) of a compound of 3624 and the base of 1430
fitly framed together
sunarmologeo (Greek #4883)
to render close-jointed together, i.e. organize compactly
KJV usage: be fitly framed (joined) together.
Pronounce: soon-ar-mol-og-eh'-o
Origin: from 4862 and a derivative of a compound of 719 and 3004 (in its original sense of laying)
groweth
auzano (Greek #837)
to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)
KJV usage: grow (up), (give the) increase.
Pronounce: owx-an'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
unto
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
an holy
hagios (Greek #40)
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
KJV usage: (most) holy (one, thing), saint.
Pronounce: hag'-ee-os
Origin: from ἅγος (an awful thing) (compare 53, 2282)
v temple
naos (Greek #3485)
a fane, shrine, temple
KJV usage: shrine, temple. Compare 2411.
Pronounce: nah-os'
Origin: from a primary ναίω (to dwell)
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the Lord
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
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Eph. 4:13‑16• 13until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of the Christ;
14that we may no longer be babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of doctrine in the sleight of men, in craftiness for the scheming of error,
15but, holding the truth in love, let us grow up unto him in all things, who is the head, Christ,
16from whom all the body, being fitted together and compacted by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [the] measure of each one part, worketh the increase of the body for edifying of itself in love.
(Eph. 4:13‑16)
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Ezek. 40:1‑42:20• 1In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the self-same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and brought me thither.
2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, and upon it was as it were a city on the south.
3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee; for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5{i}And behold, there was a{/i} wall on the outside of the house round about{i}, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.{/i}
6{i}And he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps; and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold one reed broad.{/i}
7{i}And each chamber was one reed long and one reed broad; and between the chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate, beside the porch of the gate within, was one reed.{/i}
8{i}And he measured the porch of the gate within, one reed.{/i}
9{i}And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.{/i}
10{i}And the chambers of the gate which was toward the east were three on this side and three on that side: they three were of one measure; and the posts on this side and on that side had one measure.{/i}
11{i}And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.{/i}
12{i}And there was a border before the chambers of one cubit, and a border of one cubit on the other side; and the chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.{/i}
13{i}And he measured the gate from the roof of one chamber to the roof of the other , a breadth of five and twenty cubits, entry opposite entry.{/i}
14{i}And he made posts, sixty cubits, and by the post was the court of the gate round about.{/i}
15{i}And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.{/i}
16{i}And there were closed windows to the chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the projections; and the windows round about were inward; and upon each post were palm-trees.{/i}
17{i}And he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were cells, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty cells were upon the pavement.{/i}
18{i}And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answering to the length of the gates, namely the lower pavement.{/i}
19{i}And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.{/i}
20{i}And the gate of the outer court, that looked toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.{/i}
21{i}And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and breadth five and twenty cubits.{/i}
22{i}And its windows, and its projections, and its palm-trees were according to the measure of the gate that looked toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the projections thereof were before them.{/i}
23{i}And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.{/i}
24{i}And he brought me toward the south: and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures.{/i}
25{i}And there were windows to it and to its projections round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.{/i}
26{i}And there were seven steps to go up to it; and its projections were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side and one on that side, upon its posts.{/i}
27{i}And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.{/i}
28{i}And he brought me into the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures:{/i}
29{i}and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.{/i}
30{i}And there were projections round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.{/i}
31{i}And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts: and its ascent was by eight steps.{/i}
32{i}And he brought me into the inner court toward the east; and he measured the gate according to these measures:{/i}
33{i}and its chambers, and its posts, and its projections, according to these measures; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.{/i}
34{i}And its projections were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts on this side and on that side: and its ascent was by eight steps.{/i}
35{i}And he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measures:{/i}
36{i}its chambers, its posts, and its projections; and there were windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.{/i}
37{i}And its posts were toward the outer court; and there were palm-trees upon its posts, on this side and on that side: and its ascent was by eight steps.{/i}
38{i}And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.{/i}
39{i}And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.{/i}
40{i}And at the side without, at the ascent to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables:{/i}
41{i}four tables on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate, —eight tables, whereon they slew the sacrifice ,{/i}
42{i}—and at the ascent, four tables of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.{/i}
43{i}And the double hooks of a hand breadth were fastened round about within; and upon the tables they put the flesh of the offering.{/i}
44{i}And outside the inner gate were two cells in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate, and its front towards the south; the other was at the side of the south gate, the front towards the north.{/i}
45{i}And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.{/i}
46{i}And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those who, from among the sons of Levi, approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him.{/i}
47{i}And he measured the court, the length a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, four square: and the altar was before the house.{/i}
48{i}And he brought me to the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.{/i}
49{i}The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side.{/i}
1And he brought me to the temple; and he measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, the breadth of the tabernacle.
2And the breadth of the door [was] ten cubits, and the sides of the door five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits
3Then went he inward, and measured the posts of the door, two cubits, and the door six cubits, and the breadth of the door seven cubits.
4So he measured its length twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, before the temple; and he said to me, This [is] the most holy.
5After this he measured the wall of the house, six cubits, and the breadth of a side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
6And the side-chambers [were], one over another, three and thirty times; and they entered into the wall which [was] on the house, for the side-chambers round about, that they might be fastened on, but they were not fastened on the wall of the house.
7And as one wound upward it became continually wider for the side-chamber, for the row of chambers went more and more upward round about the house; therefore the breadth of the house [was] greater upward; and so they went up, the lowest to the highest, by the middle.
8And I saw the height of the house round about; the foundations of the side-chambers a full reed of six great cubits.
9The thickness of the wall which [was] for the side-chamber without [was] five cubits and that which was left, the place of the side-chamber, belonging to the house.
10And between the chambers is a breadth of twenty cubits about the house all round.
11And the doors of the side-chambers [were] toward the place left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12And the building that was before the separate place at the end westward [was] seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building [was] five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits.
13So he measured the house, an hundred cubits; and the separate place, and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
14and the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
15And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and its galleries on the one side, and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court,
16the door-posts, and the latticed windows, and the galleries round about on their three sides, opposite to the doorposts, a wainscoting of wood all round, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
17Over above the door, even to the inner house and the outer [a wainscoting], and on all the wall round about, within and without, by measures.
18And [it was] made with cherubim and palm-trees, a palm-tree being between two cherubim, and a cherub had two faces;
19and a man's face was towards the palm-tree on the one side, and a young lion's face towards the palm-tree on the other side; [it was] made through all the house round about.
20From the ground to above the door the cherubim and the palm-trees were made in the wall of the temple.
21The temple had four-cornered posts; and the front of the holy of holies, the appearance [was] as the appearance.
22The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its top-piece, and its walls [were] of wood; and he said to me, This [is] the table that is before Jehovah.
23And the temple and the holy of holies had two doors.
24And the doors had two leaves, two turning leaves, two for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
25And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm-trees, as [were] made upon the walls, and a thick plank-work [was] upon the face of the porch without;
26and latticed windows and palm-trees on the one side, and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and on the side-chambers of the house and the thick planks.
1And he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north, and brought me into the cell that [was] opposite the separate place, and that [was] opposite the building toward the north.
2Before the length of a hundred cubits [was] the north door, and the breadth fifty cubits.
3Opposite the twenty [cubits] which [were] for the inner court, and opposite the pavement, which [was] for the outer court, [was] gallery against gallery, in three [stories].
4And before the cells [was] a walk of ten cubits in breadth inward, a way of one cubit, and their doors [were] toward the north.
5And the upper chambers [were] shorter, for the galleries contained more than these, than the lower and the middle one, of the building.
6For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore it was contracted from the lower and the middle ones from the ground.
7And the wall which [was] without, opposite the cells, by the way of the outer court before the cells—its length [was] fifty cubits.
8For the length of the cells which [belonged] to the outer court [was] fifty cubits; and, behold, before the temple [were] a hundred cubits.
9And below these cells [was] the entrance from the east, in one's going into them from the outer court.
10In the breadth of the wall of the court eastward, before the separate place, and before the building [were] cells.
11And the way before them [was] as the appearance of the cells which [were] northward, as long and broad as they; and all their outlets according to their fashions and according to their doors.
12And according to the doors of the cells which [were] toward the south, a door at the head of the way, the way directly before the wall eastward, when one entereth into them.
13And he said to me, The cells northward [and] the cells southward, which [are] before the separate place, [are] cells of the holy place, where the priests who draw near to Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there they shall place the most holy things, both the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering, for the place [is] holy.
14When the priests enter in, they shall not go forth from the holy [place] into the outer court, but they shall leave there their garments with which they ministered, for they [are] holy, and put on other garments, and shall approach the [place] that [is] for the people.
15And he finished the measurements of the inner house, and brought me out by way of the gate that looketh eastward, and measured it round about.
16He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed, round about.
17He measured the north side, five hundred reeds; with the measuring-reed round about.
18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
19Turning to the west side, he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.
20He measured it by its four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the holy and the profane place.
(Ezek. 40:1‑42:20)
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1 Cor. 3:9• 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)
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Heb. 3:3‑4• 3For he hath been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses by how much he that built it hath more honour than the house.
4For every house is builded by someone; but he that built all things [is] God.
(Heb. 3:3‑4)
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Ex. 26:1‑37• 1{i}And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.{/i}
2{i}The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for all the curtains.{/i}
3{i}Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and the other five curtains coupled one to another.{/i}
4{i}And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make them in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling.{/i}
5{i}Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make at the end of the curtain in the other coupling: the loops shall be opposite to one another.{/i}
6{i}And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.{/i}
7{i}And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.{/i}
8{i}The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits—one measure for the eleven curtains.{/i}
9{i}And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the front of the tent.{/i}
10{i}And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling.{/i}
11{i}And thou shalt make fifty clasps of copper, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent, that it may be one whole.{/i}
12{i}And that which remaineth hanging over of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the rear of the tabernacle.{/i}
13{i}And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.{/i}
14{i}And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins over that.{/i}
15{i}And the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood, standing up;{/i}
16{i}ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board.{/i}
17{i}One board shall have two tenons, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.{/i}
18{i}And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.{/i}
19{i}And thou shalt make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons, and two bases under another board for its two tenons.{/i}
20{i}And for the other side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards.{/i}
21{i}And their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.{/i}
22{i}And for the rear of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.{/i}
23{i}And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;{/i}
24{i}and they shall be joined beneath, and together shall be united at the top thereof to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.{/i}
25{i}And there shall be eight boards, and their bases, of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.{/i}
26{i}And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,{/i}
27{i}and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward;{/i}
28{i}and the middle bar in the midst of the boards reaching from one end to the other.{/i}
29{i}And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make of gold their rings, the receptacles of the bars, and shalt overlay the bars with gold.{/i}
30{i}And thou shalt set up the tabernacle according to its fashion, as hath been shown thee on the mountain.{/i}
31{i}And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.{/i}
32{i}And thou shalt attach it to four pillars of acacia-wood overlaid with gold, their hooks of gold; they shall be on four bases of silver.{/i}
33{i}And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.{/i}
34{i}And thou shalt put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the holiest of all.{/i}
35{i}And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the lamp-stand opposite to the table on the side of the tabernacle southward; and thou shalt put the table on the north side.{/i}
36{i}And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery.{/i}
37{i}And thou shalt make for the curtain five pillars of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five bases of copper for them.{/i}
(Ex. 26:1‑37)
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1 Kings 6:7• 7{i}And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.{/i} (1 Kings 6:7)
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 It is not yet complete. (Remarks on Ephesians 2:11-22 by W. Kelly)
 A true member of Christ can no one be without being really united to the Head, neither a true stone in the house; but the house can be the dwelling-place of God, although that which is not a true stone may enter into its construction. But it is impossible that one not born of God should be a member of the body of Christ. (Ephesians 2 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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in whom all thea building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;

JND Translation Notes

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I judge that the correct reading in the Greek is without the article. This construction directs the mind to all the component parts of the thing in question. So here the building is not viewed as one completed thing but was "growing to" a temple (naos). He is looking at a building composed of living stones as a whole, but mentally apprehended as composed of many parts. Among these, in Christ, the Gentiles at Ephesus were built in too, to be now already a habitation of God by the presence of the Spirit.

W. Kelly Translation

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in whom all the buildinga fitted together increaseth unto a holy temple in [the] Lord,

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I am disposed to leave out the article () though excellent old MSS. insert it. Moral words have not the article; in them "every" and "the whole" run into one another, as "all righteousness," everything so characterized. The church as a building is viewed as a whole; it is a building going on, the building grows as a whole.