A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/URI.php

Line Number: 101

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Router::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Router.php

Line Number: 127

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 78

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$template is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 396

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 8
Function: database

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_DB_mysqli_driver::$failover is deprecated

Filename: database/DB_driver.php

Line Number: 371

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 8
Function: database

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$resourcemodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$kjvmodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$mapmodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 10
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::open($save_path, $name) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::open(string $path, string $name): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 132

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::close() should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::close(): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 290

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::read($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::read(string $id): string|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 164

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::write($session_id, $session_data) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::write(string $id, string $data): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 233

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::destroy($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::destroy(string $id): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 313

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::gc($maxlifetime) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::gc(int $max_lifetime): int|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 354

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 282

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_cookie_params(): Session cookie parameters cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 289

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 304

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 314

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 315

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 316

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 317

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 375

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 108

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_save_handler(): Session save handler cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 110

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Session cannot be started after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 143

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$session is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$email is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 65
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$identity_column is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 183

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 183
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$store_salt is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 184

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 184
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$salt_length is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 185

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 185
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$join is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 186

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 186
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$hash_method is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 189

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 189
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$default_rounds is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 190

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 190
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$random_rounds is deprecated

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Ephesians 4:16

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

From whom the whole body - Dr. Macknight has a just view of this passage, and I cannot express my own in more suitable terms: "The apostle's meaning is, that, as the human body is formed by the union of all the members to each other, under the head, and by the fitness of each member for its own office and place in the body, so the Church is formed by the union of its members under Christ, the head. Farther, as the human body increases till it arrives at maturity by the energy of every part in performing its proper function, and by the sympathy of every part with the whole, so the body or Church of Christ grows to maturity by the proper exercise of the gifts and graces of individuals for the benefit of the whole."

This verse is another proof of the wisdom and learning of the apostle. Not only the general ideas here are anatomical, but the whole phraseology is the same. The articulation of the bones, the composition and action of the muscles, the circulation of the fluids, carrying nourishment to every part, and depositing some in every place, the energy of the system in keeping up all the functions, being particularly introduced, and the whole terminating in the general process of nutrition, increasing the body, and supplying all the waste that had taken place in consequence of labor, etc. Let any medical man, who understands the apostle's language, take up this verse, and he will be convinced that the apostle had all these things in view. I am surprised that some of those who have looked for the discoveries of the moderns among the ancients, have not brought in the apostle's word επιχορηγια , supply, from επιχορηγεω, to lead up, lead along, minister, supply, etc., as some proof that the circulation of the blood was not unknown to St. Paul!

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

From whom the whole body - The church, compared with the human body. The idea is, that as the head in the human frame conveys vital influence, rigor, motion, etc., to every part of the body; so Christ is the source of life, and rigor, and energy, and increase to the church. The sense is, “The whole human body is admirably arranged for growth and rigor. Every member and joint contribute to its healthful and harmonious action. One part lends vigor and beauty to another, so that the whole is finely proportioned and admirably sustained. All depend on the head with reference to the most important functions of life, and all derive their vigor from that. So it is in the church. It is as well arranged for growth and vigor as the body is. It is as beautifully organized in its various members and officers as the body is. Everything is designed to he in its proper place, and nothing by the divine arrangement is lacking in its organization, to its perfection. Its officers and its members are, in their places, what the various parts of the body are with reference to the human frame. The church depends on Christ, as the head, to sustain, invigorate, and guide it, as the body is dependent on the head” See this figure carried out to greater length in 1 Corinthians 12:12-26.

Fitly joined together - The body, whose members are properly united so as to produce the most beauty and vigor. Each member is in the best place, and is properly united to the other members. Let anyone read Paley‘s Natural Theology, or any work on anatomy, and he will find innumerable instances of the truth of this remark; not only in the proper adjustment and placing of the members, but in the manner in which it is united to the other parts of the body. The foot, for instance, is in its proper place. It should not be where the head or the hand is. The eye is in its proper place. It should not be in the knee or the heel. The mouth, the tongue, the teeth, the lungs, the heart, are in their proper places. No other places would answer the purpose so well. The brain is in its proper place. Anywhere else in the body, it would be subject to compressions and injuries which would soon destroy life. And these parts are as admirably united to file other parts of the body, as they are admirably located. Let anyone examine, for instance, the tendons, nerves, muscles, and bones, by which the “foot” is secured to the body, and by which easy and graceful motion is obtained, and he will be satisfied of the wisdom by which the body is “joined together.” How far the “knowledge” of the apostle extended on this point, we have not the means of ascertaining; but all the investigations of anatomists only serve to give increased beauty and force to the general terms which he uses here. All that he says here of the human frame is strictly accurate, and is such language as may be used by an anatomist now, The word which is used here ( συναρμολογέω sunarmologeō) means properly to sew together; to fit together; to unite, to make one. It is applied often to musicians, who produce “harmony” of various parts of music. “Passow.” The idea of harmony, or appropriate union, is that in the word.

And compacted - συμβιβαζόμενον sumbibazomenonTyndale renders this, “knit together in every joint.” The word properly means, to make to come together; to join or knit together. It means here that the different parts of the body are “united” and sustained in this manner.

By that which every joint supplieth - Literally, “through every joint of supply;” that is, which affords or ministers mutual aid. The word “joint” hero - ἁφή haphē- (from ἇπτω to fit) - means anything which binds, fastens, secures; find does not refer to the joint in the sense in which we commonly use it, as denoting “the articulation” of the limbs, or the joining of two or more bones; but rather that which “unites or fastens” together the different parts of the frame - the blood vessels, cords, tendons, and muscles. The meaning is, that every such “means of connecting one part of the body with another” ministers nourishment, and that thus the body is sustained. One part is dependent on another; one part derives nourishment from another; and thus all become mutually useful as contributing to the support and harmony of the whole. Thus, it furnishes an illustration of the “connection” in the members of the church, and of the aid which one can render to another.

According to the effectual working - Greek, “According to the energy in the measure of each one part.” Tyndale, “According to the operation as every part has its measure.” The meaning is, that each part contributes to the production of the whole result, or “labors” for this. This is in proportion to the “measure” of each part; that is, in proportion to its power. Every part labors to produce the great result. No one is idle; none is useless. But, none are overtaxed or overworked. The support demanded and furnished by every part is in exact proportion to its strength. This is a beautiful account of the anatomy of the human frame.

(1) nothing is useless. Every part contributes to the general result - the health, and beauty, and vigor of the system. Not a muscle is useless; not a nerve, not an artery, not a vein. All are employed, and all have an important place, and all contribute “something” to the health and beauty of the whole. So numerous are the bloodvessels, that you cannot perforate the skin anywhere without piercing one; so numerous are the pores of the skin, that a grain of sand will cover thousands of them; so minute the ramifications of the nerves, that wherever the point of a needle penetrates, we feel it; and so numerous the absorbents, that million of them are employed in taking up the chyme of the food, and conveying it to the veins. And yet all are employed - all are useful - all minister life and strength to the whole.

(2) none are overtaxed. They all work according to the “measure” of their strength. Nothing is required of the minutest nerve or blood-vessel which it is not suited to perform; and it will work on for years without exhaustion or decay. So of the church. There is no member so obscure and feeble that he may not contribute something to the welfare of the whole; and no one is required to labor beyond his strength in order to secure the great object. Each one in “his place,” and laboring as he should there, will contribute to the general strength and welfare; “out of his place” - like nerves and arteries out of their place, and crossing and recrossing others - he will only embarrass the whole, and disarrange the harmony of the system.

Maketh increase of the body - The body grows in this manner.

Unto the edifying of itself - To building itself up that is, it grows up to a complete stature.

In love - In mutual harmony. This refers to the “body.” The meaning is that it seems to be made on the principle of “love.” There is no jar, no collision, no disturbance of one part with another. A great number of parts, composed of different substances, and with different functions - bones, and nerves, and muscles, and blood-vessels - are united in one, and live together without collision; and so it should be in the church. Learn, hence:

(1) That no member of the church need be useless, anymore than a minute nerve or blood-vessel in the body need be useless. No matter how obscure the individual may be, he may contribute to the harmony and vigor of the whole,

(2) Every member of the church should contribute something to the prosperity of the whole. He should no more be idle and unemployed than a nerve or a blood-vessel should be in the human system. What would be the effect if the minutest nerves and arteries of the body should refuse to perform their office?. Langour, disease, and death. So it is in the church. The obscurest member may do “something” to destroy the healthful action of the church, and to make its piety languish and die.

(3) there should be union in the church. It is made up of materials which differ much from each other, as the body is made up of bones, and nerves, and muscles. Yet, in the body these are united; and so it should be in the church. There need be no more jarring in the church than in the body; and a jar in the church produces the same effect as would be produced in the body if the nerves and muscles should resist the action of each other, or as if one should be out of its place, and impede the healthful functions of the other.

(4) every member in the church should keep his place, just as every bone, and nerve, and muscle in the human frame should. Every member of the body should be in its right position; the heart, the lungs, the eye, the tongue, should occupy their right place; and every nerve in the system should be laid down just where it is designed to be. If so, all is well If not so, all is deformity, or disorder; just as it, is often in the church.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; but we never come to the perfect measure till we come to heaven. God's children are growing, as long as they are in this world; and the Christian's growth tends to the glory of Christ. The more a man finds himself drawn out to improve in his station, and according to his measure, all that he has received, to the spiritual good of others, he may the more certainly believe that he has the grace of sincere love and charity rooted in his heart.
Ellen G. White
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 500

In our work we must consider the relation that each worker sustains to the other workers connected with the cause of God. We must remember that others as well as ourselves have a work to do in connection with this cause. We must not bar the mind against counsel. In our plans for the carrying forward of the work, our mind must blend with other minds. TM 500.1

Let us cherish a spirit of confidence in the wisdom of our brethren. We must be willing to take advice and caution from our fellow laborers. Connected with the service of God, we must individually realize that we are parts of a great whole. We must seek wisdom from God, learning what it means to have a waiting, watching spirit, and to go to our Saviour when tired and depressed. TM 500.2

It is a mistake to withdraw from those who do not agree with our ideas. This will not inspire our brethren with confidence in our judgment. It is our duty to counsel with our brethren, and to heed their advice. We are to seek their counsel, and when they give it, we are not to cast it away, as if they were our enemies. Unless we humble our hearts before God, we shall not know His will. TM 500.3

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Ellen G. White
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, 446

God wants His people to be united in the closest bonds of Christian fellowship; confidence in our brethren is essential to the prosperity of the church; union of action is important in a religious crisis. One imprudent step, one careless action, may plunge the church into difficulties and trials from which it may not recover for years. One member of the church filled with unbelief may give an advantage to the great foe that will affect the prosperity of the entire church, and many souls may be lost as the result. Jesus would have His followers subject one to another; then God can use them as instruments to save one another; for one may not discern the dangers which another's eye is quick to perceive; but if the undiscerning will in confidence obey the warning, they may be saved great perplexities and trials. 3T 446.1

As Jesus was about to leave His disciples, He prayed for them in a most touching, solemn manner that they all might be one “as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.” The apostle Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians exhorts them to unity: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 3T 446.2

God is leading a people out from the world upon the exalted platform of eternal truth, the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. He will discipline and fit up His people. They will not be at variance, one believing one thing, and another having faith and views entirely opposite, each moving independently of the body. Through the diversity of the gifts and governments that He has placed in the church, they will all come to the unity of the faith. If one man takes his views of Bible truth without regard to the opinions of his brethren, and justifies his course, alleging that he has a right to his own peculiar views, and then presses them upon others, how can he be fulfilling the prayer of Christ? And if another and still another arises, each asserting his right to believe and talk what he pleases without reference to the faith of the body, where will be that harmony which existed between Christ and His Father, and which Christ prayed might exist among His brethren? 3T 446.3

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Ellen G. White
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 52

God has a church, and she has a divinely appointed ministry. “And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” TM 52.1

The Lord has His appointed agencies, and a church that has lived through persecution, conflict, and darkness. Jesus loved the church, and gave Himself for it, and He will replenish, refine, ennoble, and elevate it, so that it shall stand fast amid the corrupting influences of this world. Men appointed of God have been chosen to watch with jealous care, with vigilant perseverance, that the church may not be overthrown by the evil devices of Satan, but that she shall stand in the world to promote the glory of God among men. There will ever be fierce conflict between the church and the world. Mind will come into contact with mind, principle with principle, truth with error; but in the crisis soon to culminate, which has already begun, the men of experience are to do their God-appointed work, and watch for souls as they that must give an account. TM 52.2

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Ellen G. White
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, 731

Our Lord designed that His church should reflect to the world the fullness and sufficiency that we find in Him. We are constantly receiving of God's bounty, and by imparting of the same we are to represent to the world the love and beneficence of Christ. While all heaven is astir, dispatching messengers to every part of the earth to carry forward the work of redemption, the church of the living God are also to be co-laborers with Christ. We are members of His mystical body. He is the head, controlling all the members of the body. Jesus Himself, in His infinite mercy, is working on human hearts, effecting spiritual transformations so amazing that angels look on with astonishment and joy. The same unselfish love that characterizes the Master is seen in the character and life of His true followers. Christ expects that men will become partakers of His divine nature while in this world, thus not only reflecting His glory to the praise of God, but illumining the darkness of the world with the radiance of heaven. Thus will be fulfilled the words of Christ: “Ye are the light of the world.” 5T 731.1

“We are laborers together with God,” “stewards of the manifold grace of God.” The knowledge of God's grace, the truths of His word, and temporal gifts as well,—time and means, talents and influence,—are all a trust from God to be employed to His glory and the salvation of men. Nothing can be more offensive to God, who is constantly bestowing His gifts upon man, than to see him selfishly grasping these gifts and making no returns to the Giver. Jesus is today in heaven preparing mansions for those who love Him; yes, more than mansions, a kingdom which is to be ours. But all who shall inherit these blessings must be partakers of the self-denial and self-sacrifice of Christ for the good of others. 5T 731.2

Never was there greater need of earnest, self-sacrificing labor in the cause of Christ than now, when the hours of probation are fast closing and the last message of mercy is to be given to the world. My soul is stirred within me as the Macedonian cry comes from every direction, from the cities and villages of our own land, from across the Atlantic and the broad Pacific, and from the islands of the sea: “Come over, ... and help us.” Brethren and sisters, will you answer the cry? saying: “We will do our best, both in sending you missionaries and money. We will deny ourselves in the embellishment of our houses, in the adornment of our persons, and in the gratification of appetite. We will give the means entrusted to us into the cause of God, and we will devote ourselves also unreservedly to His work.” The wants of the cause are laid before us; the empty treasuries appeal to us most pathetically for help. One dollar now is of more value to the work than ten dollars will be at some future period. 5T 732.1

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