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Ephesians:2:20 @{
Being built upon } (\
epoikodom
thentes \).
First aorist passive participle of \
epoikodome \,
for which double compound verb see strkjv @
1Corinthians:3:10 ;
Co ;
strkjv @
2:17 |. {
The foundation } (\
epi t
i themeli
i \).
Repetition of \
epi \
with the locative case .
See strkjv @
1Corinthians:3:11 |
for this word . {
Of the apostles and prophets } (\
ton apostol
n kai proph
t
n \).
Genitive of apposition with \
themeli
i \,
consisting in .
If one is surprised that Paul should refer so to the apostles ,
he being one himself ,
Peter does the same thing (
2Peter:3:2 |).
Paul repeats this language in strkjv @
3:5 |. {
Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone } (\
ont
s akrog
nianiou autou Christou I
sou \).
Genitive absolute .
The compound \
akrog
niaios \
occurs only in the LXX (
first in strkjv @
Isaiah:28:16 |)
and in the N .
T . (
here ,
strkjv @
1Peter:2:6 |). \
Lithos \ (
stone )
is understood .
Jesus had spoken of himself as the stone ,
rejected by the Jewish builders (
experts ),
but chosen of God as the head of the corner (
Matthew:21:42 |), \
eis kephal
n g
nias \. "
The \
akrog
niaios \
here is the primary foundation-stone at the angle of the structure by which the architect fixes a standard for the bearings of the walls and cross-walls throughout " (
W .
W .
Lloyd ).
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Ephesians:2:21 @{
Each several building } (\
p
sa oikodom \).
Songs:without article Aleph B D G K L . \
Oikodom \
is a late word from \
oikos \
and \
dem \,
to build for building up (
edification )
as in strkjv @
Ephesians:4:29 |,
then for the building itself as here (
Mark:13:1f .|).
Ordinary Greek idiom here calls for "
every building ,"
not for "
all the building " (
Robertson ,
_Grammar_
,
p .
772 ),
though it is not perfectly clear what that means .
Each believer is called a \
naos theou \ (
1Corinthians:3:16 |).
One may note the plural in strkjv @
Mark:13:1 | (\
oikodomai \)
of the various parts of the temple .
Perhaps that is the idea here without precise definition of each \
oikodom \.
But there are examples of \
p
s \
without the article where "
all "
is the idea as in \
p
s
s ktise
s \ (
all creation )
in strkjv @
Colossians:1:15 |. {
Fitly framed together } (\
sunarmologoumen \).
Double compound from \
sun \
and \
harmologos \ (
binding , \
harmos \,
joint and \
leg \),
apparently made by Paul and in N .
T .
only here and strkjv @
Ephesians:4:16 |.
Architectural metaphor . {
Into a holy temple } (\
eis naon hagion \).
The whole structure with all the \
oikodomai \.
Another metaphor for the Kingdom of God with which compare Peter '
s "
spiritual house " (\
oikos pneumatikos \)
in which each is a living stone being built in (
1Peter:2:5 |).
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Ephesians:2:22 @{
Ye also are builded together } (\
kai humeis sunoikodomeisthe \).
Ye Gentiles also .
Present passive indicative (
continuous process )
of common old verb \
sunoikodome \,
to build together with others or out of varied materials as here .
Only here in N .
T .
In strkjv @
1Peter:2:5 |
Peter uses \
oikodomeisthe \
for the same process . {
For a habitation } (\
eis katoik
t
rion \).
Late word (
LXX ),
in N .
T .
only here and strkjv @
Revelation:18:2 |.
From \
katoike \,
to dwell ,
as strkjv @
Ephesians:3:17 |.
Possibly each of us is meant here to be the "
habitation of God in the Spirit "
and all together growing (\
auxei \) "
into a holy temple in the Lord ,"
a noble conception of the brotherhood in Christ .