Ephesians 2:21
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
In Context
20Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
22In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
Cross References
Exodus 26:1And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.
Psalms 93:5Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
Ezekiel 42:12And under the rooms on the south was a door at the head of the outer wall in the direction of the east as one goes in.
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?
Ephesians 4:13Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:15-22
The Union of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For… Read the whole commentary →