Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
In Context
22and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church,
Cross References
Romans 13:5Wherefore there is a necessity for being in subjection, not only for fear of wrath, but also for conscience sake.
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Ephesians 2:16and might reconcile them both in one body to God by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;
Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye have been called to one hope of your calling;
Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:
Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent.
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 →