“To Fill”
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“TO FILL” As to be, Filled with the Spirit.
To fill up that which is behind the sufferings of Christ, is to bear the troubles assigned by Him to His followers, and which we Christians will bear for His sake.
Colossians 1:24. To fill up the measure of sin, is to add one iniquity to another, till the patience of God can no longer allow them to escape unpunished.
Satan will fill the hearts of worldly men when he strongly influences and encourages them to sin. Sinners will be filled with their own devices and means as those drunken with foolishness. Their minds and hearts will be filled with shame when God’s judgement day approaches. That day bringing dreadful and confounding calamities upon all Sinner’s heads.
“Christ filleth all in all:” Jesus is everywhere present; is in all His churches; and in their faithful members; Jesus is the great substance of all the blessings of the new covenant, and of all the graces, works and duties of His people, Ephesians 1:23.
The Greek word we are going to study is, “Fill.” Strong’s # 4137. There are ten (10) Greek words that translate into the English, (FILL.) Each of the ten vary in meaning.
Synonyms and similarities of, “fill,” are; Full, Supply, Complete, Expired, After, Accomplish, Ended, Fully, Perfect.
Fill: Filled: Filleth: Greek is, Pleroo. Future. To make full, to fill, to fill up, trans.
a. Past participle means to express completed action: a vessel or hollow place and passive is expressing action.
1. Matthew 13:47-48, Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which when it was full, they drew to shore.”
2. Luke 3:5, “Every valley shall be filled,” quoted from Isa.40:4, where Sept. for “exalted.”
3. Trope, Matthew 23:31-32, “Ye be witnesses unto yourselves, — Fill ye up the measure of your fathers,” as in the measure of their sins; Compare #378, the word it “suppled” in the dictionary.
4. Septuagint for Hebrew, Jeremiah 13:12, “Every bottle shall be filled with wine,” 2 Kings 4:4, “Thou shalt set aside that which is full.”
Generally “Fill” means of a place, to fill, by diffusing any thing throughout; common, accommodation, meaning the application of a passage to something not originally intended by it, or on the ground of resemblance as an analogy.
Acts 2:2, “A sound — as of a rushing mighty wind, — filled all the house.”
Sequel to follow, “With,” common, generally as a thing from, or with which,
John 12:3, “The house was filled with the odour of the ointment.”
Trope, common, generally, an accommodation,
1. Acts 5:28, “Ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine.”
2. Septuagint and Hebrew, 2 Chronicles 7:1.
Trope, as to fill the heart of any one, to take possession of it,
1. John 16:6, “Sorrow hath filled your heart.”
2. Acts 5:3, “Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost.”
b. Trope, To fill as to furnish abundantly with any thing, to impart richly, to imbue with, seq. or present participle of sequel, accommodation, Often also with an adjunct of that with which anyone is filled or furnished. As,
b-1. common, accommodation, generally.
1. Acts 2:28, “Thou shalt make me full of joy.”
2. Acts 13:52, “The disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.”
3. Luke 2:40, “The child grew — strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.”
4. Romans 15:13-14, “That ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,”
5. 2 Timothy 1:4, “That I may be filled with joy;”
6. Philippians 1:11 in K.J.V, “Filled with the fruits of righteousness.”
b-2. Present participle of sequel, accommodation, dative, meaning,” A term applied to the case of nouns which usually follows verbs that express giving, or some act directed to an object.” . In passive, expressing action, or the effect of an action of some agent. common, dative,
1. Romans 1:29, “Being filled with all unrighteousness, etc.”
2 Corinthians 7:4, “I am filled with comfort.”
b-3. Present participle of sequel, “with,” common dative, instead of the simple dative.
Ephesians 5:18, “Be filled with the Spirit.”
b-4. Present participle of sequel, “An accommodation, as , to supply fully,
1. Philippians 4:19, “God shall supply all your need.”
2. Ephesians 1:23; 4:10, “That He might fill all things,” spoken of Christ as filling the universe with His influence, presence, power. Hence passive, expressing action, or the effect of an action of some agent. I am full,” absolute, to be filled, full, to fully furnish, to abound:
3. Philippians 4:18, “I am full,”
4. Colossians 2:10, “Ye are complete in Him,” as in Christ, in His work.”
5. Ephesians 3:19, “Filled with,” into or unto all the fulness of God, as either, that ye may fully participate in all the rich gifts of God; or, that ye may be received into full communion of the whole church of God. Also the passive form which is common, accommodation,
6. Colossians 1:9, “Filled with the knowledge of His will.”
7. Philippians 1:11. in later editions, “Filled with.” In K.J.V, “Being filled.”
c-1. As in to fulfil, to perform, fully, c. acc. Spoken of duty, obligation, etc.
1. Matthew 3:15, “To fulfil all righteousness.”
2. Acts 12:25, “They had fulfilled their ministry.”
3. Romans 8:4, “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us.”
4. Romans 13:8, “He that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
5. Galatians 5:14, “For all the law is fulfilled.”
6. Colossians 4:17, “Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.”
c-2. Of a declaration, prophecy, to fulfil, to accomplish, common, accommodation,
1. Acts 13:27, “They have fulfilled them in condemning Him.”
2. Acts 3:18.
3. More often, Passive form is expressing action as in to be fulfilled, accomplished, or to have an accomplishment;
1. Matthew 2:17; 27:9, “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.”
2. Matthew 26:54, “How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?”
4. Mark 15:28, “The Scripture was fulfilled.”
5. Luke 1:20, “Shall be fulfilled in their season.”
6. Luke 4:21, “This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
7. Luke 21:22, “These be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.”
8. Luke 24:44, “While I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled.”
9. Acts 1:16, “This Scripture must needs have been fulfilled.”
10. James 2:23, “The Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God.”
Here belongs the frequent phrase, “That it might be fulfilled.”
1. Matthew 1:22, 2:15, 4:14, 21:4, 26:56, 27:35. Mark 14:49. John 12:38, 13:18, 15:25, 17:12, 18:9-32, 19:24-36.
Also, “So that should be fulfilled,” Matthew 2:23, 8:17, 12:17, 13:35. Septuagint for Hebrew, “He might fulfil.” 1 Kings 2:27. 2 Chronicles 36:21, “to fulfil.”
d-1. As to fulfil, as to bring to a full end, to accomplish, to complete. Passive, expressing action, of time, to be fulfilled, completed, ended.
1. Mark 1:15, “The time is fulfilled.”
2. Luke 21:24, “The times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”
3. John 7:8, “The time is not yet full.”
4. Acts 7:23-30, “Forty years were expired (full.)”
5. Acts 9:23, 24:27, “After two years.”
6. Once Active, Revelation 6:11, “Should be fulfilled.” In some edit, “Was completed.”
7. Septuagint and Hebrew, “Were fulfilled,” Genesis 25:24, 29:21, “Days are fulfilled.”
d-2. Of a business, work, etc. To accomplish, to finish, to complete,
1. Luke 7:1, “When he had ended all his sayings.”
2. Luke 9:31, “Should accomplish.”
3. Acts 13:25, 14:26, “the work which they filled.”
4. Acts 19:21, “These things were ended.”
5. Romans 15:19, “I have fully preached the gospel,” as the preaching of the Gospel.
6. Colossians 1:25, “To fulfil the word of God.”
7. Septuagint and Hebrew, Confirm,” 1 Kings 1:14. Revelation 6:11, “Should be fulfilled,” in K.J.V. as until their number is full, is completed.
d-3. By implying to fill out, to complete, to make perfect, common, accommodation,
1. Matthew 5:17, “But to fulfil,” as opposed to, “Destroy.”
2. Philippians 2:2, “Fulfil ye my joy.”
3. 2 Thessalonians 1:11, “God would — fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness.”
4. Passive, expressing action, To be made full, complete, perfect, as,
1. John 3:29, “My joy therefore is fulfilled.”
2. John 15:11, “That your joy might be full.”
3. John 16:24, “That your joy may be full.”
4. John 17:13, “That they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.”
5. 1 John 1:4, 2 John 12, “That your joy may be full.”
6. Luke 22:16, “I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
8. 2 Corinthians 10:6, “When your obedience is fulfilled.”
9. Revelation 3:2, “I have not found thy works perfect (complete.)”
Of persons, Colossians 4:12, “That ye may stand — complete in all the will of God.”
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com