From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But to each one of us grace has been given …

What does Ephesians 4:16 mean? After describing Christ as the head, in verse 15, Paul now discusses the rest of the spiritual "body" of the church. Each individual part must work together, according to its design and purpose, and in the intended way, in …

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Read full chapter

(16) From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted. —The word rendered “fitly joined together” is the same used in Ephesians 2:21, with more technical accuracy, of a building—“clamped” or “bonded together.” Here the two words are applied to the union of the limbs of the body, as being “jointed,” and so “brought into close contact.”

2015年12月19日 · 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. The argument of verse 16 is that believers need to cooperate with each other in ministry. Since we belong to each other, we ...

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.