APPENDIX. APPENDIX, No. I. THE following texts illustrate the signification I attach to the word πληρωμα ; viz. “ The fulness of the perfections of Christ, supplying the deficiencies of his servants;” or sometimes, "the fulness acquired by his servants, whose deficiencies are supplied out of the perfection of Christ.". τας ενδειας αναπληρουντες. (Plutarch. Compar. of Lycurgus and Numa.) John i. 16. Και εκ του πληρωματος αυτου ἡμεις παντες ελαβομεν, και χαριν αντι χαριτος. "And of his fulness have we all received, and grace, or favor from God, bestowed upon us out of his abundant favor towards Jesus Christ." αυτών; Rom. xi. 12. Ει δε το παραπτωμα αυτων πλουτος κόσμου, και το ήττημα αυτων πλουτος εθνων· ποσῳ μαλλον το πληρωμα "If the fall of the Jews hath proved the riches of the world, and their failure the riches of the Gentiles; how much rather their fulness, after that their deficiencies shall have been supplied out of the perfection of Christ." Eph. i. 23. Και αυτον έδωκε κεφαλην ὑπερ παντα τη εκκλησια, ήτις εστι το σωμα αυτου, το πλήρωμα του παντα εν πασι πληρουμένου. "God hath constituted Christ the head over all things to the church, which church is, as it were, his body, deriving its fulness from him, who filleth all things in all men, supplying their deficiencies out of his perfection." Eph. iii. 19. Γνωναι τε την ὑπερβαλλουσαν της γνωσεως αγαπην του Χριστου, ἵνα πληρωθητε εις παν το πλήρωμα του Θεου. " And to comprehend the love of Christ, which surpasseth all comprehension, that ye may be filled, and have your deficiencies completed, to all the fulness of perfection required by God.” Eph. iv. 13. Μεχρι καταντησωμεν οἱ παντες εις την ἑνοτητα της πίστεως και της επιγνώσεως του υἱου του Θεου, εις ανδρα τελειον, εις μετρον ἡλικιας του πληρώματος του Χριστου. σε Till we all arrive at the same faith and acknowledgment of the Son of God, at the condition of a perfect man, at an entire measure of the fulness of Christ, having our deficiencies supplied from his perfection." Like that of Phil. i. 11. Πεπληρωμένοι καρπων δικαιοσυνης των δια Ιησου Χριστου. Col. i. 19. Εν αυτῳ ευδόκησε παν το πληρωμα κατοικησαι. "In Christ it pleased God that all fulness and perfection should reside." Col. ii. 9. Εν αυτῷ κατοικει παν το πληρωμα της θεοτητος σωματικώς, και εστε εν αυτῳ πεπληρωμενοι. "In him resideth all the fulness of godliness substantially, and through him have ye been filled and made perfect." |