ἐποικοδομέω, 
-ῶ; 1 aorist 
ἐπῳκοδόμησα, and without augment 
ἐποικοδόμησα (
1 Corinthians 3:14 T Tr WH; cf. 
Tdf.'s note on 
Acts 7:47, [see 
οἰκοδομέω]); passive, present 
ἐποικοδομοῦμαι; 1 aorist participle 
ἐποικοδομηθέντες; in the 
N. T. only in the figurative which likens a company of Christian believers to an edifice or temple; 
to build upon, build up (
Vulg. superaedifico); absolute [like our English 
build up] viz. 'to finish the structure of which the foundation has already been laid,' 
i. e. in plain language, to give constant increase in Christian knowledge and in a life conformed thereto: 
Acts 20:32 (where 
L T Tr WH οἰκοδ. [
Vulg. aedifico]); 
1 Corinthians 3:10; (l Pet. 2:5 
Tdf.); 
ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον, 
1 Corinthians 3:12; 
τί, 
1 Corinthians 3:14; 
ἐν Χριστῷ, with the passive, in fellowship with Christ to grow in spiritual life, 
Colossians 2:7; 
ἐποικοδομηθ. 
ἐπὶ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων, on the foundation laid by the apostles, 
i. e. (dropping the figurative) gathered together into a church by the apostles' preaching of the gospel, 
Ephesians 2:20; 
ἐποικοδόμειν ἑαυτὸν τῇ πίστει, 
Jude 1:20, where the sense is, 'resting on your most holy faith as a foundation, make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher.' (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others.) 
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