Study it in the app“from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every joint of supply, according to the working in the measure of each part, makes the growth of the body for its own building up in love.”
God gives different kinds of service so the body grows in loveThe Church and Community
fromἐξwhomοὗthe wholeπᾶνbody,τὸ σῶμαjoined togetherσυναρμολογούμενονandκαὶheld togetherσυμβιβαζόμενονbyδιὰeveryπάσηςjointἁφῆςof supply,τῆς ἐπιχορηγίαςaccording toκατ’the workingἐνέργειανinἐνthe measureμέτρῳof eachἑνὸς ἑκάστουpart,μέρουςmakesποιεῖταιthe growthτὴν αὔξησινof the bodyτοῦ σώματοςforεἰςits ownἑαυτοῦbuilding upοἰκοδομὴνinἐνlove.ἀγάπῃ
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appearsfit together
Fit together well, join piece to piece.
Where else “synarmologoumenon” 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 “haphēs” appearssupply, help
Supply, help that is provided.
Where else “epichorēgias” appearsworking, power at work
Working: power when it is in action.
Where else “energeian” appearsmeasure
Measure.
Where else “metrōi” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “henos” appearseach
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastou” appearspart
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “merous” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poieitai” appearsgrowth
Growth.
Where else “auxēsin” appearsbuilding up
Helping others grow in faith.
Where else “oikodomēn” appearslove
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēi” appears15but speaking the truth in love, let us grow in all things into him who is the head, the Messiah,
16 · This verse (above)
17This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility of their mind,
1. What it says
What does Paul urge them to do about unity, and how many times does he say "one" (v. 1-6)?
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul contrasts the old way of life with the new, and what specific changes does he name (v. 22-32)?
3. How I live it
Paul writes, "do not let the sun go down on your anger" (v. 26). With whom could you talk calmly today to make something right?
