Ephesians 2:20
18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
21 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- KJV
- And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- WEB
- being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
- ASV
- being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
- DARBY
- being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
- BLB
- having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone,
- ÅB
- Dere som er bygget opp på apostlenes og profetenes grunnvoll, mens hjørnesteinen er Kristus Jesus selv,
- OTB
- bygd på grunnvollen lagt av apostlene og profetene, med Kristus Jesus selv som hjørnesteinen,
- B1930
- I som er bygget op på apostlenes og profetenes grunnvoll, mens hjørnestenen er Kristus Jesus selv,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 2:4–5
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
Read in contextIsaiah 28:16
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Read in context1 Peter 2:7–8
To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
Read in contextPsalms 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Read in contextEphesians 4:11–13
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Read in contextMatthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Read in contextRevelation 21:14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Read in contextActs 4:11–12
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
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