Ephesians 2:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 2:14-22

We have now come to the last part of the chapter, which contains an account of the great and mighty privileges that converted Jews and Gentiles both receive from Christ. The apostle here shows that those who were in a state of enmity are reconciled. Between the Jews and the Gentiles there had been a great enmity; so there is between God and every unregenerate man. Now Jesus Christ is our peace, Eph. 2:14. He made peace by the sacrifice of himself; and came to reconcile, 1. Jews and Gentiles to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Ephesians 2:11-22

2:11-22 So then remember, that once, as far as human descent goes, you were Gentiles; you were called the uncircumcision by those who laid claim to that circumcision which is a physical thing, and a thing produced by men's hands. Remember that at that time you had no hope of a Messiah; you were aliens from the society of Israel, and strangers from the covenants on which the promises were based; you had no hope; you were in the world without God. But, as things now are. because of what Christ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:22

In whom you also are builded together ,.... As the church universal, so every particular church is a building that is compact together, in and upon Christ, as the church at Ephesus was: God is the builder of it; Christ is the foundation; true believers are the proper materials; the door, or entrance into it, is Christ, and faith in him; the ministers of the Gospel are pillars in it; the ordinances are its windows; its furniture is of various sorts, there are vessels of small, and of great... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:22

In whom ye also are builded - The apostle now applies the metaphor to the purpose for which he produced it, retaining however some of the figurative expressions. As the stones in a temple are all properly placed so as to form a complete house, and be a habitation for the Deity that is worshipped there, so ye are all, both believing Jews and Gentiles, prepared by the doctrine of the prophets and apostles, under the influence of the Spirit of Christ, to become a habitation of God, a Church in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:22

Verse 22 22.In whom ye also are builded together, or in whom also Be Ye Builded together. The termination of the Greek verb , συνοικοδομεῖσθε, like that of the Latin, cooedificamini, does not enable us to determine whether it is in the imperative or indicative mood. The context will admit either, but I prefer the latter sense. It is, I think, an exhortation to the Ephesians to grow more and more in the faith of Christ, after having been once founded in it, and thus to form a part of that new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

CONTRAST BETWEEN PAST AND THE PRESENT . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The spiritual temple. In the apostle's prayer for the Ephesians the power of God to us-ward who believe was illustrated first in the experience of our risen and reigning Head, and secondly in the experience of us as risen and. reigning members of his mystical body. The unity of the members, however, has not been as fully brought out in the preceding verses as Paul desired, and so we have in the section now before us the subject amplified and completed mainly round the figure of a " ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Union of Jews and Gentiles in the Christian Church. "Wherefore remember, that aforetime." The Ephesian Christians are reminded of what they were "aforetime," that is, before they received the gospel. It is a good exercise of memory for us all to go back on what we once were. For we did not all receive the gospel when it was first presented to us. Many of us who now believe were for years in a state of indifference; How well, then, does it become us to "remember" our former unconverted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Gospel reconciliation—its subjects, agency, and results. "Wherefore remember, that ye being in lime past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:19-22

The Christian temple. The pride of Ephesus was her world-famed temple, in which the religion, the art, and even the commerce of the city centered and flourished. What the temple of Diana was materially in its visible romp and power, the Church of Christ is to be spiritually, but with a higher splendor and a wider influence. More than once has St. Paul described the Church as a temple. The truths shadowed forth by this name press upon us with weighty importance. I. THE MATERIALS ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ephesians 2:14-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Ephesians 2:11-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:19-22

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