Ephesians 2:21

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;”

— ASV

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2 Corinthians 6:16 "What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk …"
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Hebrews 3:3-4 "For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house."
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Exodus 26:1-37 "“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The wo…"
Ezekiel 42:12 "According to the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall t…"

Commentary

In whom--as holding together the whole. fitly framed--so as exactly to fit together. groweth--"is growing" continually. Here an additional thought is added to the image; the Church has the growth of a living organism, not the mere increase of a building. Compare Pe1 2:5; "lively stones . . . built up a spiritual house." Compare Eph 4:16; Zac 6:12, "The Branch shall build the temple of the Lord," where similarly the growth of a branch, and the building of a temple, are joined. holy--as being the "habitation of God" (Eph 2:22). So "in the Lord" (Christ) answers to "through the Spirit" (Eph 2:22; compare Eph 3:16-17). "Christ is the inclusive Head of all the building, the element in which it has its being and now its growth" [ALFORD].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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