“In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:”
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord — the sunarmologeō ('fitted together,' architectural terminology) and auxanō ('grows') describes the building as a living naos hagios ('holy temple') in kyriō ('in the Lord'), an organic structure where Christ is simultaneously foundation and head.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:21
He sent not, says the Apostle, by the hand of another, nor did He announce these tidings to us by means of any other, but Himself did it in His own person. He sent not Angel nor Archangel on the mission, because to repair so many and vast mischiefs and to declare what had been wrought was in the power of none other, but required His own coming. The Lord then took upon Himself the rank of a servant, nay, almost of a minister, “and came, and preached peace to you,” says he,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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