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3201 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. σῶμα.8
… , mystical body"; so in the N. T. of the church : Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 2:16; Ephesians 4:16; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Colossians …
3202 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. σωτήρ.2
… the body, i. e. of the church, Ephesians 5:23 ( σωτήρ ὄντως ἁπάντων ἐστι καί γενέτωρ, of God the preserver of the world, Aristotle, de mundo, c. 6, p. 397{b}, 20); σωτήρ is used …
3203 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Teach.12
… the church at Rome.
3204 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assembly.3
… My Church," Matthew 16:18, and which is further described as "the Church which is His Body," Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 5:23, (b) in the singular number (e.g., Matthew 18 …
3205 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assembly.6
… word "church," as applied to all believers who form the body of Christ.
3206 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Body, Bodily.6
It is also used metaphorically, of the mystic body of Christ, with reference to the whole church, e.g., Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:18, 22, 24; also of a local church, 1 Corinthians 12:27 .
3207 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Body, Bodily.12
sun, "with," and A, No. 1., means "united in the same body," Ephesians 3:6, of the church.
3208 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Bond.8
… the body); elsewhere; Colossians 2:19, "bands," figuratively of the bands which unite the church, the body of Christ. See BAND.
3209 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Build, Builder, Building.13
… local church as a spiritual building, 1 Corinthians 3:9, or the whole church, the body of Christ, Ephesians 2:21. It expresses the strengthening effect of teaching …
3210 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Compacted.5
"to unite, to knit," is translated "compacted" in the AV of Ephesians 4:16 (RV, "knit together"), concerning the Church as the Body of Christ. See CONCLUDE, GATHER, INSTRUCT, KNIT, PROVE.
3211 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dead.3
… ) a church in declension, inasmuch as in that state it is inactive and barren, Revelation 3:1 : (e) sin, which apart from law cannot produce a sense of guilt, Romans …
3212 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Disorderly.5
signifies "disorderly, with slackness" (like soldiers not keeping rank), 2 Thessalonians 3:6; in ver. 11 it is said of those in the church who refused to work, and became busy-bodies (cp. 1 Timothy 5:13 ).
3213 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Dispensation.3
… the Church as the Body of Christ, Colossians 1:25 (RV and AV, "dispensation"); so in Ephesians 3:2, of the grace of God given him as a stewardship ("dispensation") in regard …
3214 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Doubt, Doubtful, Doubting.3
… the churches in Galatia towards Judaistic errors, Galatians 4:20, AV, "I stand in doubt," RV, "I am perplexed." Perplexity is the main idea. See PERPLEX. Cp. the noun aporia …
3215 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Edification, Edify, Edifying.3
… future body of the believer, 2 Corinthians 5:1, or of a local church, 1 Corinthians 3:9, or the whole church, "the body of Christ," Ephesians 2:21. See BUILDING.
3216 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Fill, Fill Up.3
… the church, the body of Christ, as filled by Him, Ephesians 1:23 ("all things in all the members"); 4:10; in Ephesians 3:19, of their being filled "into" (eis), RV, "unto," AV, "with …
3217 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Fill, Fill Up.7
… His Body, the church. "The point of the Apostle's boast is that Christ, the sinless Master, should have left something for Paul, the unworthy servant, to suffer …
3218 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Fit, Fitly, Fitting.13
… the church as a building, Ephesians 2:21, "fitly framed together;" also of the members of the church as the body of Christ, 4:16, RV, "fitly framed ... together."
3219 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Frame.5
… the church as a spiritual temple, the parts being "fitly framed together," Ephesians 2:21; as a body, Ephesians 4:16, RV, "fitly framed," (for AV, "fitly joined").
3220 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Grow.3
… the church, Colossians 2:19; of churches, Ephesians 2:21. See INCREASE.