16 He makes the whole body grow and build itself up in love. Under the control of Christ, each part of the body does its work. It supports the other parts. In that way, the body is joined and held together. Read full chapter Ephesians 4:14-16 New International Version 14 Then we...
16 From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together[d] through every supporting ligament.[e] As each one does its part, the body builds itself up in love. Read full chapter Footnotes Ephesians 4:14 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence ...
however, is not outward strength. He’s not going to make us strong like Samson or Arnold Schwarzenegger. No, this strengthening is not for the outward man, but for the inner man – our innermost being (cf. 2 Cor. 4:16 for the contrast). ...
upon you…” This strengthening that he does, however, is not outward strength. He’s not going to make us strong like Samson or Arnold Schwarzenegger. No, this strengthening is not for the outward man, but for the inner man – our innermost being (cf. 2 Cor. 4:16 for the contrast)...
Last to Know, Part 4 May 7, 202230 Comments Follow “…the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven…”— Matthew 16:18 As we noted in ourprevious entry, it is assumed by Roman Catholics that Jesus promised to build ...
25See similar expressions in Romans 7:22 and 2 Corinthians 4:16, and the idea expressed in Jeremiah 31:33; Romans 2:29; and 1 Peter 3:4. Petition 3b: Christ Dwelling in Your Hearts (3:17a) In verse 16 Paul prays that the Ephesian believers may be strengthened in the inner being. ...
“你们从前在过犯和未受割礼的肉体中死了,神赦免了你们(或作“我们”)一切过犯,便叫你们与基督一同活过来。又涂抹了在律例上所写,攻击我们,有碍于我们的字据,把它撤去,钉在十字架上。”【歌罗西书 2:13-14】 这里是一个具体规条的例子: “牛在场上踹谷的时候,不可笼住它的嘴。”【申命记 25:4】 ...
Font Size Ephesians 4:14-16 Evangelical Heritage Version 14The goal is that we would no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, when people use tricks and invent clever ways to lead us astray.15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we wo...
Ephesians 4:14-16 New International Version 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we...
Erwin Penner, for example, notes that “lingering references to a future eschatology (cf. 1:13f,21; 4:30; 5:5,16 and 6:13) can perhaps be better integrated into the predominantly present/realized categories by the term ‘proleptic eschatology’” (Penner 1983, p. 14). Penner’s “...