Ephesians 2:21 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:21

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-5 (420)

It is maintained by some that the whole edifice built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets comprises not only human souls but also angelic powers, so that all equally will become the abode of God. They argue that it would be absurd if angels and all the blessed forces who serve God in heaven would have no part in this blessedness. For in this is a building, put together harmoniously, that is growing into a holy temple of God to be an abode of God in the Spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The universal church being built upon Christ as the foundation-stone, and united in Christ as the corner-stone, comes at length to be glorified in him as the top-stone: In whom you also are built together, &c.,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In whom - That is, “by” whom, or “upon” whom. It was in connection with him, or by being reared on him as a foundation. All the building - The whole church of Christ. Fitly framed together - The word used here means “to joint together,” as a carpenter does the frame-work of a building. The materials are accurately and carefully united by mortises and tenons. so that the building shall be firm.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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].

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ᾧ	hō	whom	G3739 →
πᾶσα	pasa	[the] whole	G3956 →
οἰκοδομὴ	oikodomē	building	G3619 →
συναρμολογουμένη	sunarmologoumenē	being fitted together	G4883 →
αὔξει	auxei	is increasing	G837 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ναὸν	naon	a temple	G3485 →
ἅγιον	hagion	holy	G40 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
κυρίῳ,	kuriō	[the] Lord,	G2962 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and…
leads to
- Revelation 21:3
  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
- Exodus 29:45
  Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- Hebrews 8:10
  For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- Leviticus 26:12
  I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:38
  They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Through
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 2:20–22
  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
  As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.