Ephesians 2:22 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:20-22

The Christian temple. This the climax of the comparison between past and present pursued in this chapter. Temple of Diana at Ephesus may have suggested the figure. The three persons of the Godhead are concerned in this work of building. The three are brought together in Ephesians 2:22 . Glorious threefold cord, securing the salvation and final glory of the Church! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost are with her foreverse While all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:21-22

The Church a holy temple. It is elsewhere called" a spiritual house," composed of "living stones," built upon him who is a living Stone laid in Zion, elect, precious, though rejected of men ( 1 Peter 2:4 , 1 Peter 2:5 ). Each believer is a living stone, dug out of the quarry of nature, hewn by the Word and ministry, laid in the foundation, and built into the heavenly structure. The Church is God's building, not man's. There are four things observable in the apostle's account of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:22

In whom ye also are builded together. 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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:22

In whom - In Christ, or on Christ, as the solid and precious foundation.Ye also are builded together - You are built into that, or constitute a part of it. You are not merely “added” to it, but you constitute a part of the building.For an habitation of God - For the indwelling, or the dwelling-place, of God. Formerly he dwelt in the temple. Now he dwells in the church, and in the hearts of his people; see the notes at 2 Corinthians 6:16.1. We were by nature dead in sin; Ephesians 2:1. We had no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:19-22

Ephesians 2:19-22. Now, therefore Being thus reconciled; ye Believing Gentiles; are no more strangers and foreigners If it be necessary to make any distinction as to the signification of these two words, in the former, ( ζενοι ,) the apostle may refer to persons of a different country; and in the latter, ( παροικοι ,) to those of a different family. The following clause evidently leads to this sense. But fellow-citizens with the saints The Church of God is here spoken of under the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Jew and Gentile made one in Christ (2:11-22)For centuries there had been bitterness and tension between Jews and Gentiles, mainly because of the way proud Jews looked down on Gentiles. Jews had circumcision as the sign that they were God’s people; Gentiles did not. Because they were not God’s people, Gentiles enjoyed none of Israel’s privileges through the covenants and promises. They had no hope for a Messiah and no knowledge of God (11-12). The Jews, having been chosen to receive God’s law,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 2:22

builded together = being built in together. Greek. sunoikodomeo. Only here. for . App-104 . habitation . Greek. katoiketerion. Only here and Revelation 18:2 . Spirit . App-101 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:22

In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.Regarding the basic concept of the church of our Lord being the true temple of God, see full comment on this in my Commentary on Acts 7:44ff, also under the heading "The Church the Temple of God" under 1 Corinthians 3:16 in this series of commentaries.In whom ... is the equivalent of "in Christ"; and thus we have here another verse in which the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are designated. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:22

Ephesians 2:22. In whom ye also are builded together— I take the sense of this allegory to be as follows, says Mr. Locke: It is plain from the attestation of the apostles and prophets, that the Gentiles who believe in Christ are thereby made members of his kingdom, united together under him their head into such a well-framed body, wherein each person has his proper place, rank, and function, to which he is fitted, that God will accept and delight in them as his people; and live among them as in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:22

22. are builded together—Translate, "are being builded together." through—Greek, "in the Spirit." God, by His Spirit in believers, has them for His habitation (1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16). read more