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Ephesians 2:21

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Fellowship and the churchGod's holiness

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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BSB
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
KJV
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
WEB
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
ASV
in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
DARBY
in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
BLB
in whom all the building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
ÅB
i hvem hver bygning føyes sammen og vokser til et hellig tempel i Herren,
OTB
i Ham vokser hele bygningen, sammenføyd, til et hellig tempel i Herren.
B1930
i hvem hver bygning føies sammen og vokser til et hellig tempel i Herren,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16–17

    Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:9

    For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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  • Ephesians 4:13–16

    Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

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  • 1 Kings 6:7

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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  • Hebrews 3:3–4

    For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

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  • Exodus 26:1–37

    Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

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  • Ezekiel 42:12

    And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

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