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The Church Completes Christ
Commentators like Calvin call this the 'highest honor of the Church.' In a profound mystery, the church is described as the 'fulness' or 'completion' of Christ. Just as a head needs a body to be a complete person, Christ considers His mystical body incomplete without His people. This shows the incredible value and necessity of every believer in God's plan.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 1:23
18th Century
Theologian
Which is his body. This comparison of the church with a person or body, of which the Lord Jesus is the head, is not uncommon in t…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 1:23
Which (ητις). "Which in fact is," explanatory use of ητις rather than η.
The fulness of him that filleth all in all…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 1:23
19th Century
Bishop
The fulness of him that filleth all in all.—The word pleroma, “fulness,” is used in a definite and almost techni…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 1:23
19th Century
Preacher
Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.
Did I not truly tell you that this blessed Book is full of truth pu…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 1:23
The church is described as Christ’s body (Colossians 1:18). It is so not only in symbol but in fact (cf. 4:4, 12, 16; 5:30). The church…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 1:23
16th Century
Theologian
The fullness of him that filleth all in all. This is the highest honor of the Church: that until He is united to us, the Son of God consid…
John Gill
On Ephesians 1:23
17th Century
Pastor
Which is his body
That is, which church is the body of Christ; as an human body is but one, consisting of various members, uni…
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 1:15–23
17th Century
Minister
God has stored up spiritual blessings for us in His Son, the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and obtain them by prayer. Even the best …