Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Who is filled all in all. Ver. 23. Qui omnia in omnibus adimpletur, panta en pasi pleroumenou; which may either be in the passive or middle voice. St. Jerome, in his exposition, (p. 337) expressly says: Non ait, qui omnia in omnibus adimplet, sed qui omnia in omnibus adimpletur.sicut ergo adimpletur Imperator, si quotidie ejus impleatur exercitus, sic dominus Jesus See St. Chrysostom in the Latin edit. (p. 869) and in the Greek, (p. 776. lin. 31) dia panton oun pleroutai to soma, where the whole text requires a passive sense.