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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ephesians/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ephesians/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ephesians/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ephesians/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in <i>the</i> Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ephesians/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ephesians/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ephesians/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ephesians/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ephesians/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ephesians/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ephesians/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ephesians/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In him you are also being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ephesians/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You also are being built together for God&#8217s dwelling in the Spirit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ephesians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ephesians/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ephesians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ephesians/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ephesians/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ephesians/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God's Spirit to dwell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ephesians/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ephesians/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ephesians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In whom ye also are built together, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built up together to become a fixed abode for God through the Spirit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ephesians/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ephesians/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ephesians/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />in whom you also are built together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in <i>the</i> Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ephesians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ephesians/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In whom also ye are builded together for the dwelling of God in the Spirit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ephesians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ephesians/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ephesians/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You also are builded by him for a habitation of God through the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />While you also are built by him for the dwelling of God in The Spirit. <div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/ephesians/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />in whom you also are builded together, for a dwelling-place of God by his Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/ephesians/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />in whom also you are built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/ephesians/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />by whom also ye have been built up together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/ephesians/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />who by his spirit has likewise made you a part of this divine mansion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />in whom you also are being built up together to become a fixed abode for God through the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/ephesians/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />in Whom ye also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/ephesians/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />in whom ye also are built up together for an habitation of God by the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/2-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=387" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/2.htm">A Temple in the Lord</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">And in</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hō (RelPro-DMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">Him</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">too are</a> <a href="/greek/4925.htm" title="4925: synoikodomeisthe (V-PIM/P-2P) -- To build together with. From sun and oikodomeo; to construct, i.e. to compose.">being built together</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/2732.htm" title="2732: katoikētērion (N-ANS) -- A habitation, dwelling-place, abode. From a derivative of katoikeo; a dwelling-place.">a dwelling place</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">for God</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneumati (N-DNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">His Spirit.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-27.htm">Colossians 1:27</a></span><br />To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a></span><br />And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a></span><br />But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9-11</a></span><br />You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. / But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. / And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a></span><br />I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-13.htm">1 John 4:13</a></span><br />By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a></span><br />in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-21.htm">John 17:21-23</a></span><br />that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. / I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one— / I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a></span><br />For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Ezekiel 37:26-28</a></span><br />And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In whom you also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.</p><p class="hdg">an.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-17.htm">John 14:17-23</a></b></br> <i>Even</i> the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/17-21.htm">John 17:21-23</a></b></br> That they all may be one; as thou, Father, <i>art</i> in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9-11</a></b></br> But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/1-18.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm">Built</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/galatians/4-10.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/john/14-23.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-18.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-21.htm">Together</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-11.htm">United</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_timothy/4-20.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm">Built</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/genesis/11-2.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-5.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-31.htm">United</a><div class="vheading2">Ephesians 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">By comparing what we were by nature, with what we are by grace,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">he declares that we are made for good works: and being brought near by Christ, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">should not live as Gentiles and foreigners, but as citizens with the saints, and the family of God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ephesians/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ephesians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ephesians/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And in Him</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the centrality of Christ in the believer's life. The "Him" refers to Jesus Christ, who is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. In the broader context of Ephesians, Paul highlights the unity and reconciliation brought through Christ. This echoes <a href="/john/15-4.htm">John 15:4</a>, where Jesus speaks of abiding in Him as essential for spiritual life and growth.<p><b>you too</b><br>Paul is addressing the Gentile believers in Ephesus, affirming their inclusion in God's redemptive plan. Historically, Gentiles were considered outsiders to the covenant promises given to Israel. This phrase underscores the breaking down of barriers, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14</a>, where Christ is described as our peace, who has made both groups one.<p><b>are being built together</b><br>The imagery of construction suggests an ongoing process, indicating that the church is continually growing and being shaped. This aligns with <a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a>, where believers are described as living stones being built into a spiritual house. The communal aspect is emphasized, highlighting the importance of unity and cooperation among believers.<p><b>into a dwelling place for God</b><br>This phrase reflects the Old Testament concept of the temple as God's dwelling place among His people (<a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27-30</a>). However, the New Testament reveals a shift from a physical temple to a spiritual one, where God resides within His people collectively. This transformation is a fulfillment of prophecies like <a href="/ezekiel/37-27.htm">Ezekiel 37:27</a>, where God promises to dwell among His people.<p><b>in His Spirit</b><br>The Holy Spirit is the agent through whom God dwells within believers. This aligns with <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a>, where Paul states that believers are God's temple and that His Spirit dwells in them. The presence of the Spirit signifies God's active involvement in the life of the church, guiding, empowering, and sanctifying believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Ephesians, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>A major city in Asia Minor, Ephesus was a center of commerce and culture. The church in Ephesus was one of the early Christian communities to which Paul wrote.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ephesian_church.htm">The Ephesian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, this early Christian community was composed of both Jewish and Gentile believers, reflecting the diverse nature of the early church.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is described as the one who indwells believers, making them a dwelling place for God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_body_of_christ.htm">The Body of Christ</a></b><br>A metaphor used by Paul to describe the collective community of believers, emphasizing unity and interconnectedness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_diversity.htm">Unity in Diversity</a></b><br>The church is composed of diverse individuals who are united in Christ. This unity is a testament to the work of the Holy Spirit among believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_indwelling_spirit.htm">The Indwelling Spirit</a></b><br>Believers are not just individual temples of the Holy Spirit but are collectively being built into a dwelling place for God. This emphasizes the importance of community and fellowship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_growth_and_maturity.htm">Spiritual Growth and Maturity</a></b><br>As believers, we are continually being built together, which implies ongoing spiritual growth and maturity. This process requires cooperation with the Holy Spirit and engagement with the church community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_church_as_god's_dwelling.htm">The Church as God's Dwelling</a></b><br>The church is not just a physical building but a spiritual entity where God resides. This understanding should influence how we view and participate in church life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_stones.htm">Living Stones</a></b><br>Each believer is a "living stone" in God's spiritual house. This metaphor encourages us to consider our role and contribution to the church's mission and health.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ephesians_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_jesus_doing_in_heaven.htm">What is Jesus doing in Heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/has_satan_asked_to_test_you.htm">What is the purpose of the Temple of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_nero_considered_the_antichrist.htm">How can Christ's word dwell in you richly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_hall_of_faith's_meaning.htm">What does 'dwell in the house of the Lord' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.</span>--This verse seems primarily intended simply to emphasise the truth already enunciated (in <a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm" title="And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;">Ephesians 2:20</a>), that the Ephesians themselves are now being made part of the Church of Christ, "being built up together in Christ." But it may also illustrate to us the character of the unity of the Church, as, primarily, a direct individual unity with Christ--each stone being itself a complete and living stone--and, secondarily and indirectly, an unity with others and with the whole. The Ephesians are said to be, not a part of the habitation of God, but themselves built into Christ for an habitation of God--"Christ dwelling in their hearts by faith," and they "therefore being filled with all the fulness of God" (<a href="/context/ephesians/3-17.htm" title="That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,">Ephesians 3:17-19</a>). The addition of this clause, therefore, links the teaching of this Epistle with the earlier and more individual forms of teaching, noted on <a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm" title="And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;">Ephesians 2:20</a>.<p>This verse contains, again, the declaration (as in <a href="/ephesians/2-18.htm" title="For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.">Ephesians 2:18</a>) of the union of Christians with each Person of THE HOLY TRINITY. The soul made one with THE SON becomes a temple for the indwelling of THE FATHER in the gift of THE HOLY SPIRIT. (See <a href="/john/14-23.htm" title="Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our stayed with him.">John 14:23</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In whom ye also are builded together.</span> Once more the vitalizing element - "in whom;" for this is better than "in which," inasmuch as this verse is substantially a reduplication of the preceding one, making special application of the same subject to the Ephesians. The person changes from the third to the second, to make emphatic that the Ephesians shared this great privilege. Their relations towards believing Jews and other believers in the Church were not accidental; they were "builded together," compacted into each other, and ought to work together towards God's great ends. <span class="cmt_word">For a habitation of God in the Spirit.</span> Not many habitations, but one. The Church as a temple is the dwelling-place of God. Here he bestows his fullness, so that when the temple is completed it will exhibit, as fully as a created thing can, the manifold glory of God. "In the Spirit" in this verse corresponds to "in the Lord" in the previous one. The actual communication of Divine properties to finite beings is the work of the Third Person. In this verse, again, we find the three Persons of the Trinity: the temple is the habitation of the First Person; the source of its life and growth and symmetry is the Son; the actual up-building and glorifying of it is by the Spirit. This is the climax of privilege, and no contrast could be greater than that between the death in trespasses and sins with which the chapter begins, and this sublime temple, where God dwells and bestows his fullness, with which it ends. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ephesians/2-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[And] in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Him]</span><br /><span class="grk">ᾧ</span> <span class="translit">(hō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="translit">(hymeis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">too {are}</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">being built together</span><br /><span class="grk">συνοικοδομεῖσθε</span> <span class="translit">(synoikodomeisthe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4925.htm">Strong's 4925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build together with. From sun and oikodomeo; to construct, i.e. to compose.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a dwelling place</span><br /><span class="grk">κατοικητήριον</span> <span class="translit">(katoikētērion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2732.htm">Strong's 2732: </a> </span><span class="str2">A habitation, dwelling-place, abode. From a derivative of katoikeo; a dwelling-place.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[His] Spirit.</span><br /><span class="grk">Πνεύματι</span> <span class="translit">(Pneumati)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, spirit. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ephesians/2-22.htm">Ephesians 2:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm">NT Letters: Ephesians 2:22 In whom you also are built together (Ephes. 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