Study it in the app“and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, supplied and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.”
andκαὶnotοὐholding fast toκρατῶνthe Head,τὴν κεφαλήνfromἐξwhomοὗthe wholeπᾶνbody,τὸ σῶμαsuppliedἐπιχορηγούμενονandκαὶknit togetherσυμβιβαζόμενονthroughδιὰits jointsτῶν ἁφῶνandκαὶligaments,συνδέσμωνgrowsαὔξειwith the growthτὴν αὔξησινof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
hold fast
To keep a firm grip on something, not let go.
Where else “kratōn” appearsleader
The one who leads and sustains others, as the Messiah does his assembly.
Where else “kephalēn” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appearssupply, provide
Supply, provide what is needed.
Where else “epichorēgoumenon” appearsknit together
Join, hold together the parts of a body.
Where else “symbibazomenon” appearsjoint, ligament
Joint, the link that binds the parts of the body together.
Where else “haphōn” appearsbond
Bond: what binds or holds together.
Where else “syndesmōn” appearsgrow
To become larger or stronger over time, like a plant or a child.
Where else “auxei” appearsgrowth
Growth.
Where else “auxēsin” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears18Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of angels, entering into what he has seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,
19 · This verse (above)
20If you died with the Messiah to the elements of the world, why, as if living in the world, do you submit to decrees,
