Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 1 Peter 2:5; "lively stones . . . built up a spiritual house." Compare Ephesians 4:16; Zechariah 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" (Ephesians 2:22). So "in the Lord" (Christ) answers to "through the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:22; compare Ephesians 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].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 8:9
Song of Solomon 8:10
Jeremiah 12:16
Zechariah 6:12
1 Corinthians 3:9
1 Corinthians 3:10
Ephesians 3:1
Ephesians 3:17
Ephesians 4:5
Ephesians 4:6
Ephesians 4:16
2 Timothy 3:16
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