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Ephesians 1:23

Ἥτις ἐστὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι πληρουμένου.

1. The Sentence Keeps Defining Itself

This verse feels layered. Greek keeps adding descriptions to explain what the church truly is.

The sentence does not stop after one definition:

ἥτις ἐστὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ “which is his body”

But then Greek continues:

τὸ πλήρωμα “the fullness”

The verse expands outward. One image leads into another image. Greek keeps deepening the identity of the church through connected descriptions.

2. Transliteration

ítis estì to sóma aftú, to plíroma tu ta pánda en pási pliruménu.

3. Literal Translation

“Which is his body, the fullness of the one filling all things in all.”… Learn Koine Greek