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3561 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Assembly.6
… word "church," as applied to all believers who form the body of Christ.
3562 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 .
3563 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.
3564 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.
3565 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 …
3566 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.
3567 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 …
3568 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 ).
3569 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 …
3570 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 …
3571 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.
3572 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 …
3573 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 …
3574 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."
3575 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").
3576 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Grow.3
… the church, Colossians 2:19; of churches, Ephesians 2:21. See INCREASE.
3577 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. House.3
… local church, 1 Timothy 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g., Matthew 10:6; Luke 1:27, 33; Acts 2:36; Acts 7:42. See HOME, A, No. 1. Note (1), HOUSEHOLD.
3578 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. House (2).3
… local church, 1 Timothy 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g., Matthew 10:6; Luke 1:27, 33; Acts 2:36; Acts 7:42. See HOME, A, No. 1. Note (1), HOUSEHOLD.
3579 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. House (3).3
… local church, 1 Timothy 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g., Matthew 10:6; Luke 1:27, 33; Acts 2:36; Acts 7:42. See HOME, A, No. 1. Note (1), HOUSEHOLD.
3580 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Knit Together.3
… the church, as the body of which Christ is the Head. See COMPACTED.