The Growth Of The Body Depends On The Growth Of God In Us

The Growth Of The Body Depends On The Growth Of God In Us The growth of the body is the increase of god, the addition of god, in all the saints. in himself god is perfect and complete, infinite and unchanging, but he needs to grow in us, the members of his body. in 1 cor. 3 paul said that he planted, apollo watered, but it is god who gives the growth. we cannot give the growth: only god can give the. Now we come to ephesians 4:13 16, where we find paul's great statement of the end and goal of all god's far flung strategy for the human race. god's goal, says the apostle, is for us to "attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of god, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ; so that we.

The Growth Of The Body Depends On The Growth Of God In Us B. the growth of the body depends on what comes out of christ as the head— vv. 15 16: 1. when the body is supplied by holding the head, the body grows with the growth of god—col. 2:19. 2. the body grows out from the head, for all the supply comes from the head—eph. 4:15 16. c. the growth of the body depends on the growth of god, the. Verse 21 says that in christ "all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the lord." the building up of god’s temple is by the growth of the body. again, the growth is for the building, and the building depends upon the growth. verse 22 says, "in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of god. He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from god. new revised standard version and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from god. From whom; christ the head, ephesians 4:15. the whole body; the mystical body, or church of believers, whereof every true saint is a member, romans 12:4,5. fitly joined together; viz. in the right place and order, both in respect of christ the head, and of the members respectively.