Ephesians 2:20

having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

In Context

19Then therefore you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,

21in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases into a holy temple in the Lord;

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Cross References

Matthew 16:18And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Mark 12:10Have you not read the Scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, the same has come to be the head of the corner:

Acts 4:11This is the stone rejected by your builders, which has become the head of the corner.

1 Corinthians 12:28Whom God has, indeed, also placed in the church, first apostles, then prophets, then teachers, then dynamites, then gifts of healings, helps, leaderships, kinds of tongues.

Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:15-22

The Union of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 61.) 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For… Read the whole commentary →

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