Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
In Context
22And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
Cross References
Romans 13:5So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
Ephesians 2:16And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.
Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
Ephesians 4:12For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:16-23
The Apostle's Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,… Read the whole commentary →