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GOD'S HOLY TEMPLE
Passage:
Ephesians 2:19-22
Key verse: 20
NIV
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(A) but fellow citizens(B) with God’s people and also members of his household,(C) 20 built(D) on the foundation(E) of the apostles and prophets,(F) with Christ Jesus himself(G) as the chief cornerstone.(H) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(I) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(J)
Cross references
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ESV
19 So then you are no longer (A)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (B)fellow citizens with the saints and (C)members of the household of God, 20 (D)built on the foundation of the (E)apostles and prophets, (F)Christ Jesus himself being (G)the cornerstone, 21 (H)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (I)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (J)you also are being built together (K)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
- Ephesians 2:22 Or in
Cross references
- Ephesians 2:19 : ver. 12; [Heb. 11:13; 13:14]
- Ephesians 2:19 : Phil. 3:20; [Heb. 12:22, 23]
- Ephesians 2:19 : See Gal. 6:10
- Ephesians 2:20 : [Jer. 12:16]; See 1 Cor. 3:9
- Ephesians 2:20 : Matt. 16:18; Rev. 21:14
- Ephesians 2:20 : [1 Cor. 3:11]
- Ephesians 2:20 : Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16
- Ephesians 2:21 : ch. 4:15, 16
- Ephesians 2:21 : See 1 Cor. 3:16, 17
- Ephesians 2:22 : 1 Pet. 2:5
- Ephesians 2:22 : [ch. 3:17; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Tim. 3:15]
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1. One Spirit, one household (19)
All those who believe in Jesus are redeemed by his blood and have access to the Father by the Holy Spirit. Racial, ethnic, sexual or cultural differences cannot keep us from Jesus or divide the body of Christ. We are all fellow citizens in God's kingdom. We are members of God's household.
2. The foundation and the cornerstone (2
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God's temple is not made with brick and stone. It is composed of God's people. The foundation is the Bible--the word of God revealed through the prophets and the apostles. The Bible is the Christians' authority for faith and life. The chief cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. He is the one who holds the building together. We who belong to him are being built together into a holy temple in which God the Holy Spirit lives.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for calling me to be a part of your body, a small stone in your holy temple. Help me to stand firmly on the foundation, and rejoice in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
One Word: Christ, the chief cornerstone
