Overview - Ephesians 1 1?After the salutation, 3?and thanksgiving for the Ephesians, 4?he treats of our election, 6?and adoption by grace; 11?which...
Overview - Exodus 26 1?The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7?The eleven curtains of goats' hair, and the covering of rams' and badgers' skins. 15?The...
Overview - Colossians 2 1?Paul still exhorts them to be constant in Christ; 8?to beware of philosophy, and vain traditions; 18?worshipping of angels;...
Overview - Ephesians 5 1?After general exhortations to love; 3?to flee fornication; 4?and all uncleanness; 7?not to converse with the wicked; 15?to...
Overview - Ephesians 4 1?He exhorts to unity; 7?and declares that God therefore gives divers gifts unto men; 11?that his church might be edified, 16?...
MEMBER mem'-ber (1) yatsur; melos; (2) shaphekhah, membrum virile (Deuteronomy 23:1)): The first Hebrew word is derived from a root meaning to knea...
Body of Christ The body metaphor for the people of God is a powerful image that bespeaks the new historical reality brought about in Christ. It surfac...
Church [E] [S](Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia)(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF C...