Ephesians 2:21-22 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 2:21

In whom all the building fitly framed together ,.... This building is to be understood of all the saints, and people of God; of the whole universal church, which is God's building; and is a building of a spiritual nature, and will abide for ever: and this is fitly framed together; it consists of various parts, as a building does; some saints are comparable to beams, some to rafters, others to pillars, &c.; and these are joined and united to one another, and are set in an exact symmetry... 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 2:21

In whom - By which foundation corner stone, Christ Jesus, all the building, composed of converted Jews and Gentiles, fitly framed together, συναρμολογουμενη , properly jointed and connected together, groweth unto a holy temple - is continually increasing, as new converts from Judaism or heathenism flock into it. It is not a finished building, but will continue to increase, and be more and more perfect, till the day of judgment. 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 2:21

Verse 21 21.In whom all the building groweth. If this be true, what will become of Peter? When Paul, in writing to the Corinthians, speaks of Christ as a “Foundation,” he does not mean that the church is begun by him and completed by others, but draws a distinction arising out of a comparison of his own labors with those of other men. It had been his duty to found the church at Corinth, and to leave to his successors the completion of the building. “According to the grace of God which is given... 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

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 2:21

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:21

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:21

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

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