ACC ~ Ephesians 4 v16a

THE ANALOGY OF THE BRAIN AND NERVES JOINING THE WHOLE BODY TOGETHER. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul has not explained himself clearly due to his desire to say everything at once. But what he is saying is based on this metaphor: Just as the spirit comes down from the brain, passes through the nerves and communicates with the senses, so it makes sense of the whole body. Its communication is not to all the members equally but according to the capacity of each member to receive. It gives more to that member more able to receive and less to that member able to receive only so much. So it is with Christ. The spirit is like a root. The souls of persons depend upon Christ as members. Each member depends on his providential distribution of gifts. The supply of spiritual gifts occurs according to a due proportion, as each member effects the increase of the body. HOMILY ON EPHESIANS 11.4.15-16.

KNIT TOGETHER. CHRYSOSTOM: To “join and knit together” requires the exercise of great care. For the condition of the body is a subtle matter, not something simple. When one thread is misplaced, the pattern is lost. It is with this sort of subtlety that you must be united with the body so as to maintain your own place. If you leave it, you are not united and do not receive the Spirit. HOMILY ON EPHESIANS 11.4.15-16.

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