{Each several building} (p(8373)a oikodom(885c)). So without
article Aleph B D G K L. Oikodom(885c) is a late word from oikos
and dem(935c), to build for building up (edification) as in Eph
4:29 , then for the building itself as here ( Mr 13:1f. ).
Ordinary Greek idiom here calls for "every building," not for
"all the building" (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 772), though it is
not perfectly clear what that means. Each believer is called a
aos theou ( 1Co 3:16 ). One may note the plural in Mr 13:1
(oikodomai) of the various parts of the temple. Perhaps that is
the idea here without precise definition of each oikodom(885c). But
there are examples of p(8373) without the article where "all" is
the idea as in p(8373)(8873) ktise(9373) (all creation) in Col 1:15 .
{Fitly framed together} (sunarmologoumen(885c)). Double compound
from sun and harmologos (binding, harmos, joint and
leg(935c)), apparently made by Paul and in N.T. only here and Eph
4:16 . Architectural metaphor. {Into a holy temple} (eis naon
hagion). The whole structure with all the oikodomai. Another
metaphor for the Kingdom of God with which compare Peter's
"spiritual house" (oikos pneumatikos) in which each is a living
stone being built in ( 1Pe 2:5 ).
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