Ephesians 2:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

Solomon did not want the noise of hammers and axes to be heard at the place where the temple was being built. So he made the workers shape the blocks of stone at the quarry.

Psalm 93:5

Your decisions are firm, and your temple will always be beautiful and holy.

Ezekiel 42:12

The door to these rooms was at the east end of the wall that stood in front of them.

1 Corinthians 3:9

Apollos and I work together for God, and you are God's garden and God's building.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says, “I will live with these people and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

Colossians 2:19

They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I am delayed, you will know how everyone who belongs to God's family ought to behave. After all, the church of the living God is the strong foundation of truth.