Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in 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
International Standard Version
In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord.
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 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 and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are built together for a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Exodus 26:1-37
And you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined bleached linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet. You shall make them with cherubs, of the work of a cunning workman.
1 Kings 6:7
And when it was being built, the house was built of stone made ready beforehand. And there was not heard in the house a hammer or an axe, or any iron tool, while it was being built.
Psalm 93:5
Your testimonies are very sure; holiness becomes Your house forever, O Jehovah.
Ezekiel 40:1-42
In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was stricken, in the same day the hand of Jehovah was on me, and brought me there.
Ezekiel 42:12
And as the doors of the chambers that were southward was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly in front of the wall eastward, as one enters them.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For of God we are fellow-workers, a field of God, and you are a building of God.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
Ephesians 4:13-16
And this until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Hebrews 3:3-4
For He was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house.