John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 2:21 - 2:21

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John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 2:21 - 2:21


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Eph 2:21. Ἐν ᾧ, in whom) In Christ. This, by Anaphora [repetition to mark beginnings], is repeated in the following verse.-συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει, fitly framed together, groweth) Words that have relation to a living mass, ch. Eph 3:18, note; and 1Pe 2:5. So συναρμολογούμενον, fitly joined together, ch. Eph 4:16.[38] So the branch and the house are combined, Zec 6:12.-ναὸν, a temple) It is a house, and that too a holy house, to which the temple of Diana of Ephesus must yield.-ἅγιον, holy) i.e. of God, Eph 2:22 [which answers to ἅγιον, Eph 2:21].-ἘΝ ΚΥΡΊῼ, in the Lord) in Christ. To this expression [Eph 2:21], the words, [through or] in the Spirit, correspond in Eph 2:22. So also ch. Eph 3:17; Eph 3:16.

[38] It occurs nowhere else in New Test. The two images here are combined of a building and of a living growing organism.-ED.

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