Eph 2:21 | JFB | e4.org | 21. In whom —as holding together the whole. fitly framed —so as exactly to fit together. groweth —"is growing" continually. Here an additional thought is added to the image; the Church has the growth of a living organism, not the mere increase of a building. Compare ; " lively stones . . . built up a spiritual house." Compare , "The Branch shall build the temple of the Lord," where similarly the growth of a branch, and the building of a temple, are joined. holy —as being the "habitation of God " ( ). So "in the Lord" (Christ) answers to "through the Spirit" ( ; compare ). "Christ is the inclusive Head of all the building, the element in which it has its being and now its growth" [ALFORD ].

‏ Ephesians 2:21

21. In whom—as holding together the whole.

fitly framed—so as exactly to fit together.

groweth—"is growing" continually. Here an additional thought is added to the image; the Church has the growth of a living organism, not the mere increase of a building. Compare 1Pe 2:5; "lively stones . . . built up a spiritual house." Compare Eph 4:16; Zec 6:12, "The Branch shall build the temple of the Lord," where similarly the growth of a branch, and the building of a temple, are joined.

holy—as being the "habitation of God" (Eph 2:22). So "in the Lord" (Christ) answers to "through the Spirit" (Eph 2:22; compare Eph 3:16, 17). "Christ is the inclusive Head of all the building, the element in which it has its being and now its growth" [ALFORD].