Ephesians 2:20

A Temple For The Lord

¹⁹ So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God, ²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; ²¹ in whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;

Chief Cornerstone

Christ Jesus

Jesus Christ

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

Matthew 16:18

And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundationstones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

1 Corinthians 3:9-11

For we are Gods fellowlaborers; ye are Gods field, ye are Gods building.

1 Peter 2:7-8

To you therefore who believe, is the honor; but to the disobedient, "the stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone,"

Luke 20:17-18

But he, looking upon them, said, What then is this which is written, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone"?

Acts 4:11-12

This is the stone which was set at nought by you the builders, which is become a cornerstone.

1 Corinthians 12:28

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

Ephesians 4:11-13

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

1 Peter 2:4-5

To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but in the sight of God chosen, honored,

Matthew 21:42

Jesus saith to them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone; from the Lord did this come, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

Mark 12:10-11

And have ye not read this scripture: "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone;

Galatians 2:9

and when they knew the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcised;