Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Ephesians: Chapter 1].
{Gave} (\ed•ken\, first aorist active indicative of \did•mi\) to
the church (the universal spiritual church or kingdom as in Col
1:18,24) Christ as Head (\kephal•n\, predicate accusative). This
conception of \ekkl•sia\ runs all through Ephesians (3:10,21;
5:23,24,25,27,29,32).
1:23 {Which} (\h•tis\). "Which in fact is," explanatory use of
\h•tis\ rather than \h•\. {The fulness of him that filleth all in
all} (\to pl•r•ma tou ta panta en p•sin pl•roumenou\). This is
probably the correct translation of a much disputed phrase. This
view takes \pl•r•ma\ in the passive sense (that which is filled,
as is usual, Col 1:19) and \pl•roumenou\ as present middle
participle, not passive. All things are summed up in Christ
(1:10), who is the \pl•r•ma\ of God (Col 1:19), and in
particular does Christ fill the church universal as his body.
Hence we see in Ephesians the Dignity of the Body of Christ which
is ultimately to be filled with the fulness (\pl•r•ma\) of God
(3:19) when it grows up into the fulness (\pl•r•ma\) of Christ
(4:13,16).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Ephesians: Chapter 1)