Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Ephesians: Chapter 2].
2:21 {Each several building} (\p•sa oikodom•\). So without
article Aleph B D G K L. \Oikodom•\ is a late word from \oikos\
and \dem•\, 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
\naos 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•\. But
there are examples of \p•s\ without the article where "all" is
the idea as in \p•s•s ktise•s\ (all creation) in Col 1:15.
{Fitly framed together} (\sunarmologoumen•\). Double compound
from \sun\ and \harmologos\ (binding, \harmos\, joint and
\leg•\), 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).
2:22 {Ye also are builded together} (\kai humeis
sunoikodomeisthe\). Ye Gentiles also. Present passive indicative
(continuous process) of common old verb \sunoikodome•\, to build
together with others or out of varied materials as here. Only
here in N.T. In 1Pe 2:5 Peter uses \oikodomeisthe\ for the same
process. {For a habitation} (\eis katoik•t•rion\). Late word
(LXX), in N.T. only here and Re 18:2. From \katoike•\, to
dwell, as Eph 3:17. Possibly each of us is meant here to be the
"habitation of God in the Spirit" and all together growing
(\auxei\) "into a holy temple in the Lord," a noble conception of
the brotherhood in Christ.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Ephesians: Chapter 2)