Ephesians 1:23 — Community Reflections

EPHESIANS 1:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”

Which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way — the ekklēsia ('church') is the sōma ('body') and the plērōma ('fullness') of Christ, the one who fills ta panta ('all things') en pasin ('in all respects'); this suggests not only the church as the body of Christ but the church as the manifestation or embodiment of Christ's cosmic fullness.

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The promise of restoration — Ephesians 1

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