Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Holman Bible
The whole building, being put together
A Conservative Version
in whom the whole building joined together grows into a holy temple in Lord,
American Standard Version
in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
Amplified
in whom the whole structure is joined together, and it continues [to increase] growing into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, set apart, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].
An Understandable Version
In [harmony with] Him the entire building [i.e., the church] is properly assembled, rising into a dedicated temple for the Lord. [See I Cor. 3:16-17].
Anderson New Testament
in whom the whole building, compactly fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
Bible in Basic English
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
Common New Testament
in whom the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord;
Daniel Mace New Testament
on which the whole structure rises with symmetry into a temple, consecrated by the Lord:
Darby Translation
in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
Godbey New Testament
in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases into a holy temple in the Lord;
Goodspeed New Testament
Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord,
John Wesley New Testament
groweth into an holy temple in the Lord:
Julia Smith Translation
In whom all the building fitted together increases into a holy temple in the Lord:
King James 2000
In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord:
Lexham Expanded Bible
in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
Modern King James verseion
in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
in whom every building coupled together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord,
Moffatt New Testament
in him the whole structure is welded together and rises into a sacred temple in the Lord,
Montgomery New Testament
In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;
NET Bible
In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
New Heart English Bible
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
Noyes New Testament
in whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;
Sawyer New Testament
by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
The Emphasized Bible
In whom, an entire building, in process of being fitly joined together, is growing into a holy shrine in the Lord;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
in whom the whole building exactly cemented together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord:
Twentieth Century New Testament
United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.
Webster
In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth to a holy temple in the Lord:
Weymouth New Testament
in union with whom the whole fabric, fitted and closely joined together, is growing so as to form a holy sanctuary in the Lord;
Williams New Testament
In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,
World English Bible
in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
Worrell New Testament
in Whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing up into a holy temple in the Lord;
Worsley New Testament
in whom the whole building fitly joined together increaseth to an holy temple in the Lord:
Youngs Literal Translation
in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord,
Themes
Church » Body of Christ » Compared to a building
Church » Christian, divinely established
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
Temple » Figurative » Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
sunarmologeo
Devotionals
Devotionals about Ephesians 2:21
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 2:21
Images Ephesians 2:21
Prayers for Ephesians 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Temple For The Lord
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the Messiah Jesus himself being the cornerstone. 21 In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord. 22 You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God's Spirit to dwell.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?
Exodus 26:1-37
"You are to make the tent with ten curtains of fine woven linen and with blue, purple, and scarlet material. You are to make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
1 Kings 6:7
The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built.
Psalm 93:5
Your decrees are very trustworthy, and holiness always befits your house, LORD.
Ezekiel 40:1-42
At the beginning of year 25 of our captivity, on the tenth day of the fourteenth year after the destruction of Jerusalem on that very day the LORD grabbed me in his hand and took me there.
Ezekiel 42:12
Corresponding to the chamber doorways facing the south was an opening at the beginning of the passage; that is, the passage in front of the corresponding part of the wall facing east as one might enter.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Ephesians 4:13-16
until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.
Hebrews 3:3-4
because he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.