Ephesians 2:21 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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²¹ In ^G1722 whom ^G3739 all ^G3956 the building ^G3619 fitly framed together ^G4883 groweth ^G837 unto ^G1519 an holy ^G40 temple ^G3485 in ^G1722 the Lord: ^G2962

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1 Corinthians 3:16-17 STRONG

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Know ye ^G1492 not ^G3756 that ^G3754 ye are ^G2075 the temple ^G3485 of God, ^G2316 and ^G2532 that the Spirit ^G4151 of God ^G2316 dwelleth ^G3611 in ^G1722 you? ^G5213 If any man ^G1536 defile ^G5351 the temple ^G3485 of God, ^G2316 him ^G5126 shall ^G5351 God ^G2316 destroy; ^G5351 for ^G1063 the temple ^G3485 of God ^G2316 is ^G2076 holy, ^G40 which ^G3748 temple ye ^G5210 are. ^G2075

Ephesians 4:13-16 STRONG

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Till ^G3360 we all ^G3956 come ^G2658 in ^G1519 the unity ^G1775 of the faith, ^G4102 and ^G2532 of the knowledge ^G1922 of the Son ^G5207 of God, ^G2316 unto ^G1519 a perfect ^G5046 man, ^G435 unto ^G1519 the measure ^G3358 of the stature ^G2244 of the fulness ^G4138 of Christ: ^G5547 That ^G2443 we henceforth be ^G5600 no more ^G3371 children, ^G3516 tossed to and fro, ^G2831 and ^G2532 carried about with ^G4064 every ^G3956 wind ^G417 of doctrine, ^G1319 by ^G1722 the sleight ^G2940 of men, ^G444 and cunning craftiness, ^G1722 ^G3834 whereby ^G4314 they lie in wait ^G3180 to deceive; ^G4106 But ^G1161 speaking the truth ^G226 in ^G1722 love, ^G26 may grow up ^G837 into ^G1519 him ^G846 in all things, ^G3956 which ^G3739 is ^G2076 the head, ^G2776 even Christ: ^G5547 From ^G1537 whom ^G3739 the whole ^G3956 body ^G4983 fitly joined together ^G4883 and ^G2532 compacted ^G4822 by ^G1223 that which every ^G3956 joint ^G860 supplieth, ^G2024 according ^G2596 to the effectual working ^G1753 in ^G1722 the measure ^G3358 of every ^G1538 part, ^G1520 ^G3313 maketh ^G4160 increase ^G838 of the body ^G4983 unto ^G1519 the edifying ^G3619 of itself ^G1438 in ^G1722 love. ^G26

Exodus 26:1-37 STRONG

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Moreover thou shalt make ^H6213 the tabernacle ^H4908 with ten ^H6235 curtains ^H3407 of fine twined ^H7806 linen, ^H8336 and blue, ^H8504 and purple, ^H713 and scarlet: ^H8144 ^H8438 with cherubims ^H3742 of cunning ^H2803 work ^H4639 shalt thou make ^H6213 them. The length ^H753 of one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 shall be eight ^H8083 and twenty ^H6242 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 of one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 four ^H702 cubits: ^H520 and every one of the curtains ^H3407 shall have one ^H259 measure. ^H4060 The five ^H2568 curtains ^H3407 shall be coupled together ^H2266 one ^H802 to another; ^H269 and other five ^H2568 curtains ^H3407 shall be coupled ^H2266 one ^H802 to another. ^H269 And thou shalt make ^H6213 loops ^H3924 of blue ^H8504 upon the edge ^H8193 of the one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 from the selvedge ^H7098 in the coupling; ^H2279 and likewise shalt thou make ^H6213 in the uttermost ^H7020 edge ^H8193 of another curtain, ^H3407 in the coupling ^H4225 of the second. ^H8145 Fifty ^H2572 loops ^H3924 shalt thou make ^H6213 in the one ^H259 curtain, ^H3407 and fifty ^H2572 loops ^H3924 shalt thou make ^H6213 in the edge ^H7097 of the curtain ^H3407 that is in the coupling ^H4225 of the second; ^H8145 that the loops ^H3924 may take hold ^H6901 one ^H802 of another. ^H269 And thou shalt make ^H6213 fifty ^H2572 taches ^H7165 of gold, ^H2091 and couple ^H2266 the curtains ^H3407 together with ^H802 ^H269 the taches: ^H7165 and it shall be one ^H259 tabernacle. ^H4908 And thou shalt make ^H6213 curtains ^H3407 of goats' ^H5795 hair to be a covering ^H168 upon the tabernacle: ^H4908 eleven ^H6249 ^H6240 curtains ^H3407 shalt thou make. ^H6213 The length ^H753 of one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 shall be thirty ^H7970 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 of one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 four ^H702 cubits: ^H520 and the eleven ^H6249 ^H6240 curtains ^H3407 shall be all of one ^H259 measure. ^H4060 And thou shalt couple ^H2266 five ^H2568 curtains ^H3407 by themselves, and six ^H8337 curtains ^H3407 by themselves, and shalt double ^H3717 the sixth ^H8345 curtain ^H3407 in the forefront ^H4136 ^H6440 of the tabernacle. ^H168 And thou shalt make ^H6213 fifty ^H2572 loops ^H3924 on the edge ^H8193 of the one ^H259 curtain ^H3407 that is outmost ^H7020 in the coupling, ^H2279 and fifty ^H2572 loops ^H3924 in the edge ^H8193 of the curtain ^H3407 which coupleth ^H2279 the second. ^H8145 And thou shalt make ^H6213 fifty ^H2572 taches ^H7165 of brass, ^H5178 and put ^H935 the taches ^H7165 into the loops, ^H3924 and couple ^H2266 the tent ^H168 together, that it may be one. ^H259 And the remnant ^H5629 that remaineth ^H5736 of the curtains ^H3407 of the tent, ^H168 the half ^H2677 curtain ^H3407 that remaineth, ^H5736 shall hang ^H5628 over the backside ^H268 of the tabernacle. ^H4908 And a cubit ^H520 on the one side, ^H2088 and a cubit ^H520 on the other side of that which remaineth ^H5736 in the length ^H753 of the curtains ^H3407 of the tent, ^H168 it shall hang ^H5628 over the sides ^H6654 of the tabernacle ^H4908 on this side and on that side, to cover ^H3680 it. And thou shalt make ^H6213 a covering ^H4372 for the tent ^H168 of rams' ^H352 skins ^H5785 dyed red, ^H119 and a covering ^H4372 above ^H4605 of badgers' ^H8476 skins. ^H5785 And thou shalt make ^H6213 boards ^H7175 for the tabernacle ^H4908 of shittim ^H7848 wood ^H6086 standing up. ^H5975 Ten ^H6235 cubits ^H520 shall be the length ^H753 of a board, ^H7175 and a cubit ^H520 and a half ^H2677 shall be the breadth ^H7341 of one ^H259 board. ^H7175 Two ^H8147 tenons ^H3027 shall there be in one ^H259 board, ^H7175 set in order ^H7947 one ^H802 against another: ^H269 thus shalt thou make ^H6213 for all the boards ^H7175 of the tabernacle. ^H4908 And thou shalt make ^H6213 the boards ^H7175 for the tabernacle, ^H4908 twenty ^H6242 boards ^H7175 on the south ^H5045 side ^H6285 southward. ^H8486 And thou shalt make ^H6213 forty ^H705 sockets ^H134 of silver ^H3701 under the twenty ^H6242 boards; ^H7175 two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under one ^H259 board ^H7175 for his two ^H8147 tenons, ^H3027 and two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under another ^H259 board ^H7175 for his two ^H8147 tenons. ^H3027 And for the second ^H8145 side ^H6763 of the tabernacle ^H4908 on the north ^H6828 side ^H6285 there shall be twenty ^H6242 boards: ^H7175 And their forty ^H705 sockets ^H134 of silver; ^H3701 two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under one ^H259 board, ^H7175 and two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under another ^H259 board. ^H7175 And for the sides ^H3411 of the tabernacle ^H4908 westward ^H3220 thou shalt make ^H6213 six ^H8337 boards. ^H7175 And two ^H8147 boards ^H7175 shalt thou make ^H6213 for the corners ^H4742 of the tabernacle ^H4908 in the two sides. ^H3411 And they shall be coupled ^H8382 together beneath, ^H4295 and they shall be coupled ^H8382 together ^H3162 above the head ^H7218 of it unto one ^H259 ring: ^H2885 thus shall it be for them both; ^H8147 they shall be for the two ^H8147 corners. ^H4740 And they shall be eight ^H8083 boards, ^H7175 and their sockets ^H134 of silver, ^H3701 sixteen ^H8337 ^H6240 sockets; ^H134 two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under one ^H259 board, ^H7175 and two ^H8147 sockets ^H134 under another ^H259 board. ^H7175 And thou shalt make ^H6213 bars ^H1280 of shittim ^H7848 wood; ^H6086 five ^H2568 for the boards ^H7175 of the one ^H259 side ^H6763 of the tabernacle, ^H4908 And five ^H2568 bars ^H1280 for the boards ^H7175 of the other ^H8145 side ^H6763 of the tabernacle, ^H4908 and five ^H2568 bars ^H1280 for the boards ^H7175 of the side ^H6763 of the tabernacle, ^H4908 for the two sides ^H3411 westward. ^H3220 And the middle ^H8484 bar ^H1280 in the midst ^H8432 of the boards ^H7175 shall reach ^H1272 from end ^H7097 to end. ^H7097 And thou shalt overlay ^H6823 the boards ^H7175 with gold, ^H2091 and make ^H6213 their rings ^H2885 of gold ^H2091 for places ^H1004 for the bars: ^H1280 and thou shalt overlay ^H6823 the bars ^H1280 with gold. ^H2091 And thou shalt rear up ^H6965 the tabernacle ^H4908 according to the fashion ^H4941 thereof which was shewed ^H7200 thee in the mount. ^H2022 And thou shalt make ^H6213 a vail ^H6532 of blue, ^H8504 and purple, ^H713 and scarlet, ^H8144 ^H8438 and fine twined ^H7806 linen ^H8336 of cunning ^H2803 work: ^H4639 with cherubims ^H3742 shall it be made: ^H6213 And thou shalt hang ^H5414 it upon four ^H702 pillars ^H5982 of shittim ^H7848 wood overlaid ^H6823 with gold: ^H2091 their hooks ^H2053 shall be of gold, ^H2091 upon the four ^H702 sockets ^H134 of silver. ^H3701 And thou shalt hang up ^H5414 the vail ^H6532 under the taches, ^H7165 that thou mayest bring ^H935 in thither within ^H1004 the vail ^H6532 the ark ^H727 of the testimony: ^H5715 and the vail ^H6532 shall divide ^H914 unto you between the holy ^H6944 place and the most ^H6944 holy. ^H6944 And thou shalt put ^H5414 the mercy seat ^H3727 upon the ark ^H727 of the testimony ^H5715 in the most ^H6944 holy ^H6944 place. And thou shalt set ^H7760 the table ^H7979 without ^H2351 the vail, ^H6532 and the candlestick ^H4501 over against ^H5227 the table ^H7979 on the side ^H6763 of the tabernacle ^H4908 toward the south: ^H8486 and thou shalt put ^H5414 the table ^H7979 on the north ^H6828 side. ^H6763 And thou shalt make ^H6213 an hanging ^H4539 for the door ^H6607 of the tent, ^H168 of blue, ^H8504 and purple, ^H713 and scarlet, ^H8438 ^H8144 and fine twined ^H7806 linen, ^H8336 wrought ^H4639 with needlework. ^H7551 And thou shalt make ^H6213 for the hanging ^H4539 five ^H2568 pillars ^H5982 of shittim ^H7848 wood, and overlay ^H6823 them with gold, ^H2091 and their hooks ^H2053 shall be of gold: ^H2091 and thou shalt cast ^H3332 five ^H2568 sockets ^H134 of brass ^H5178 for them.

Ezekiel 40:1-42 STRONG

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In the five ^H2568 and twentieth ^H6242 year ^H8141 of our captivity, ^H1546 in the beginning ^H7218 of the year, ^H8141 in the tenth ^H6218 day of the month, ^H2320 in the fourteenth ^H702 ^H6240 year ^H8141 after ^H310 that the city ^H5892 was smitten, ^H5221 in the selfsame ^H6106 day ^H3117 the hand ^H3027 of the LORD ^H3068 was upon me, and brought ^H935 me thither. In the visions ^H4759 of God ^H430 brought ^H935 he me into the land ^H776 of Israel, ^H3478 and set ^H5117 me upon a very ^H3966 high ^H1364 mountain, ^H2022 by which was as the frame ^H4011 of a city ^H5892 on the south. ^H5045 And he brought ^H935 me thither, and, behold, there was a man, ^H376 whose appearance ^H4758 was like the appearance ^H4758 of brass, ^H5178 with a line ^H6616 of flax ^H6593 in his hand, ^H3027 and a measuring ^H4060 reed; ^H7070 and he stood ^H5975 in the gate. ^H8179 And the man ^H376 said ^H1696 unto me, Son ^H1121 of man, ^H120 behold ^H7200 with thine eyes, ^H5869 and hear ^H8085 with thine ears, ^H241 and set ^H7760 thine heart ^H3820 upon all that I shall shew ^H7200 thee; for to the intent ^H4616 that I might shew ^H7200 them unto thee art thou brought ^H935 hither: declare ^H5046 all that thou seest ^H7200 to the house ^H1004 of Israel. ^H3478 And behold a wall ^H2346 on the outside ^H2351 of the house ^H1004 round about, ^H5439 and in the man's ^H376 hand ^H3027 a measuring ^H4060 reed ^H7070 of six ^H8337 cubits ^H520 long by the cubit ^H520 and an hand breadth: ^H2948 so he measured ^H4058 the breadth ^H7341 of the building, ^H1146 one ^H259 reed; ^H7070 and the height, ^H6967 one ^H259 reed. ^H7070 Then came ^H935 he unto the gate ^H8179 which looketh ^H6440 toward ^H1870 the east, ^H6921 and went up ^H5927 the stairs ^H4609 thereof, and measured ^H4058 the threshold ^H5592 of the gate, ^H8179 which was one ^H259 reed ^H7070 broad; ^H7341 and the other ^H259 threshold ^H5592 of the gate, which was one ^H259 reed ^H7070 broad. ^H7341 And every little chamber ^H8372 was one ^H259 reed ^H7070 long, ^H753 and one ^H259 reed ^H7070 broad; ^H7341 and between the little chambers ^H8372 were five ^H2568 cubits; ^H520 and the threshold ^H5592 of the gate ^H8179 by ^H681 the porch ^H197 of the gate ^H8179 within ^H1004 was one ^H259 reed. ^H7070 He measured ^H4058 also the porch ^H197 of the gate ^H8179 within, ^H1004 one ^H259 reed. ^H7070 Then measured ^H4058 he the porch ^H197 of the gate, ^H8179 eight ^H8083 cubits; ^H520 and the posts ^H352 thereof, two ^H8147 cubits; ^H520 and the porch ^H197 of the gate ^H8179 was inward. ^H1004 And the little chambers ^H8372 of the gate ^H8179 eastward ^H1870 ^H6921 were three ^H7969 on this side, ^H6311 and three ^H7969 on that side; ^H6311 they three ^H7969 were of one ^H259 measure: ^H4060 and the posts ^H352 had one ^H259 measure ^H4060 on this side and on that side. And he measured ^H4058 the breadth ^H7341 of the entry ^H6607 of the gate, ^H8179 ten ^H6235 cubits; ^H520 and the length ^H753 of the gate, ^H8179 thirteen ^H7969 ^H6240 cubits. ^H520 The space ^H1366 also before ^H6440 the little chambers ^H8372 was one ^H259 cubit ^H520 on this side, and the space ^H1366 was one cubit ^H520 on that side: and the little chambers ^H8372 were six ^H8337 cubits ^H520 on this side, and six ^H8337 cubits ^H520 on that side. He measured ^H4058 then the gate ^H8179 from the roof ^H1406 of one little chamber ^H8372 to the roof ^H1406 of another: the breadth ^H7341 was five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits, ^H520 door ^H6607 against door. ^H6607 He made ^H6213 also posts ^H352 of threescore ^H8346 cubits, ^H520 even unto the post ^H352 of the court ^H2691 round about ^H5439 the gate. ^H8179 And from the face ^H6440 of the gate ^H8179 of the entrance ^H2978 unto the face ^H6440 of the porch ^H197 of the inner ^H6442 gate ^H8179 were fifty ^H2572 cubits. ^H520 And there were narrow ^H331 windows ^H2474 to the little chambers, ^H8372 and to their posts ^H352 within ^H6441 the gate ^H8179 round about, ^H5439 and likewise to the arches: ^H361 and windows ^H2474 were round about ^H5439 inward: ^H6441 and upon each post ^H352 were palm trees. ^H8561 Then brought ^H935 he me into the outward ^H2435 court, ^H2691 and, lo, there were chambers, ^H3957 and a pavement ^H7531 made ^H6213 for the court ^H2691 round about: ^H5439 thirty ^H7970 chambers ^H3957 were upon the pavement. ^H7531 And the pavement ^H7531 by the side ^H3802 of the gates ^H8179 over against ^H5980 the length ^H753 of the gates ^H8179 was the lower ^H8481 pavement. ^H7531 Then he measured ^H4058 the breadth ^H7341 from the forefront ^H6440 of the lower ^H8481 gate ^H8179 unto the forefront ^H6440 of the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 without, ^H2351 an hundred ^H3967 cubits ^H520 eastward ^H6921 and northward. ^H6828 And the gate ^H8179 of the outward ^H2435 court ^H2691 that looked ^H6440 toward ^H1870 the north, ^H6828 he measured ^H4058 the length ^H753 thereof, and the breadth ^H7341 thereof. And the little chambers ^H8372 thereof were three ^H7969 on this side and three ^H7969 on that side; and the posts ^H352 thereof and the arches ^H361 thereof were after the measure ^H4060 of the first ^H7223 gate: ^H8179 the length ^H753 thereof was fifty ^H2572 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits. ^H520 And their windows, ^H2474 and their arches, ^H361 and their palm trees, ^H8561 were after the measure ^H4060 of the gate ^H8179 that looketh ^H6440 toward ^H1870 the east; ^H6921 and they went up ^H5927 unto it by seven ^H7651 steps; ^H4609 and the arches ^H361 thereof were before ^H6440 them. And the gate ^H8179 of the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 was over against the gate ^H8179 toward the north, ^H6828 and toward the east; ^H6921 and he measured ^H4058 from gate ^H8179 to gate ^H8179 an hundred ^H3967 cubits. ^H520 After that he brought ^H3212 me toward ^H1870 the south, ^H1864 and behold a gate ^H8179 toward ^H1870 the south: ^H1864 and he measured ^H4058 the posts ^H352 thereof and the arches ^H361 thereof according to these measures. ^H4060 And there were windows ^H2474 in it and in the arches ^H361 thereof round about, ^H5439 like those windows: ^H2474 the length ^H753 was fifty ^H2572 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits. ^H520 And there were seven ^H7651 steps ^H4609 to go up ^H5930 to it, and the arches ^H361 thereof were before ^H6440 them: and it had palm trees, ^H8561 one ^H259 on this side, and another ^H259 on that side, upon the posts ^H352 thereof. And there was a gate ^H8179 in the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 toward ^H1870 the south: ^H1864 and he measured ^H4058 from gate ^H8179 to gate ^H8179 toward ^H1870 the south ^H1864 an hundred ^H3967 cubits. ^H520 And he brought ^H935 me to the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 by the south ^H1864 gate: ^H8179 and he measured ^H4058 the south ^H1864 gate ^H8179 according to these measures; ^H4060 And the little chambers ^H8372 thereof, and the posts ^H352 thereof, and the arches ^H361 thereof, according to these measures: ^H4060 and there were windows ^H2474 in it and in the arches ^H361 thereof round about: ^H5439 it was fifty ^H2572 cubits ^H520 long, ^H753 and five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits ^H520 broad. ^H7341 And the arches ^H361 round about ^H5439 were five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits ^H520 long, ^H753 and five ^H2568 cubits ^H520 broad. ^H7341 And the arches ^H361 thereof were toward the utter ^H2435 court; ^H2691 and palm trees ^H8561 were upon the posts ^H352 thereof: and the going up ^H4608 to it had eight ^H8083 steps. ^H4609 And he brought ^H935 me into the inner ^H6442 court ^H2691 toward ^H1870 the east: ^H6921 and he measured ^H4058 the gate ^H8179 according to these measures. ^H4060 And the little chambers ^H8372 thereof, and the posts ^H352 thereof, and the arches ^H361 thereof, were according to these measures: ^H4060 and there were windows ^H2474 therein and in the arches ^H361 thereof round about: ^H5439 it was fifty ^H2572 cubits ^H520 long, ^H753 and five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits ^H520 broad. ^H7341 And the arches ^H361 thereof were toward the outward ^H2435 court; ^H2691 and palm trees ^H8561 were upon the posts ^H352 thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up ^H4608 to it had eight ^H8083 steps. ^H4609 And he brought ^H935 me to the north ^H6828 gate, ^H8179 and measured ^H4058 it according to these measures; ^H4060 The little chambers ^H8372 thereof, the posts ^H352 thereof, and the arches ^H361 thereof, and the windows ^H2474 to it round about: ^H5439 the length ^H753 was fifty ^H2572 cubits, ^H520 and the breadth ^H7341 five ^H2568 and twenty ^H6242 cubits. ^H520 And the posts ^H352 thereof were toward the utter ^H2435 court; ^H2691 and palm trees ^H8561 were upon the posts ^H352 thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up ^H4608 to it had eight ^H8083 steps. ^H4609 And the chambers ^H3957 and the entries ^H6607 thereof were by the posts ^H352 of the gates, ^H8179 where they washed ^H1740 the burnt offering. ^H5930 And in the porch ^H197 of the gate ^H8179 were two ^H8147 tables ^H7979 on this side, and two tables ^H7979 on that side, to slay ^H7819 thereon the burnt offering ^H5930 and the sin offering ^H2403 and the trespass offering. ^H817 And at the side ^H3802 without, ^H2351 as one goeth up ^H5927 to the entry ^H6607 of the north ^H6828 gate, ^H8179 were two ^H8147 tables; ^H7979 and on the other ^H312 side, ^H3802 which was at the porch ^H197 of the gate, ^H8179 were two ^H8147 tables. ^H7979 Four ^H702 tables ^H7979 were on this side, and four ^H702 tables ^H7979 on that side, by the side ^H3802 of the gate; ^H8179 eight ^H8083 tables, ^H7979 whereupon they slew ^H7819 their sacrifices. And the four ^H702 tables ^H7979 were of hewn ^H1496 stone ^H68 for the burnt offering, ^H5930 of a cubit ^H520 and an half ^H2677 long, ^H753 and a cubit ^H520 and an half ^H2677 broad, ^H7341 and one ^H259 cubit ^H520 high: ^H1363 whereupon also they laid ^H3240 the instruments ^H3627 wherewith they slew ^H7819 the burnt offering ^H5930 and the sacrifice. ^H2077

Hebrews 3:3-4 STRONG

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For ^G1063 this ^G3778 man was counted worthy ^G515 of more ^G4119 glory ^G1391 than ^G3844 Moses, ^G3475 inasmuch as ^G2596 ^G3745 he who hath builded ^G2680 the house ^G3624 hath more ^G4119 honour ^G5092 than ^G2192 the house. ^G846 For ^G1063 every ^G3956 house ^G3624 is builded ^G2680 by ^G5259 some ^G5100 man; but ^G1161 he that built ^G2680 all things ^G3956 is God. ^G2316

Commentary on Ephesians 2 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 2

This chapter contains an account,

I. Of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature (v. 1-3) and again (v. 11, 12).
II. Of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace (v. 4-10) and again (v. 13).
III. Of the great and mighty privileges that both converted Jews and Gentiles receive from Christ (v. 14-22).

The apostle endeavours to affect them with a due sense of the wonderful change which divine grace had wrought in them; and this is very applicable to that great change which the same grace works in all those who are brought into a state of grace. So that we have here a lively picture both of the misery of unregenerate men and of the happy condition of converted souls, enough to awaken and alarm those who are yet in their sins and to put them upon hastening out of that state, and to comfort and delight those whom God hath quickened, with a consideration of the mighty privileges with which they are invested.

Eph 2:1-3

The miserable condition of the Ephesians by nature is here in part described. Observed,

1. Unregenerate souls are dead in trespasses and sins. All those who are in their sins, are dead in sins; yea, in trespasses and sins, which may signify all sorts of sins, habitual and actual, sins of heart and of life. Sin is the death of the soul. Wherever that prevails there is a privation of all spiritual life. Sinners are dead in state, being destitute of the principles, and powers of spiritual life; and cut off from God, the fountain of life: and they are dead in law, as a condemned malefactor is said to be a dead man.
2. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world, v. 2. In the first verse he speaks of their internal state, in this of their outward conversation: Wherein, in which trespasses and sins, in time past you walked, you lived and behaved yourselves in such a manner as the men of the world are used to do.
3. We are by nature bond-slaves to sin and Satan. Those who walk in trespasses and sins, and according to the course of this world, walk according to the prince of the power of the air. The devil, or the prince of devils, is thus described. See Mt. 12:24, 26. The legions of apostate angels are as one power united under one chief; and therefore what is called the powers of darkness elsewhere is here spoken of in the singular number. The air is represented as the seat of his kingdom: and it was the opinion of both Jews and heathens that the air is full of spirits, and that there they exercise and exert themselves. The devil seems to have some power (by God's permission) in the lower region of the air; there he is at hand to tempt men, and to do as much mischief to the world as he can: but it is the comfort and joy of God's people that he who is head over all things to the church has conquered the devil and has him in his chain. But wicked men are slaves to Satan, for they walk according to him; they conform their lives and actions to the will and pleasure of this great usurper. The course and tenour of their lives are according to his suggestions, and in compliance with his temptations; they are subject to him, and are led captive by him at his will, whereupon he is called the god of this world, and the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. The children of disobedience are such as choose to disobey God, and to serve the devil; in these he works very powerfully and effectually. As the good Spirit works that which is good in obedient souls, so this evil spirit works that which is evil in wicked men; and he now works, not only heretofore, but even since the world has been blessed with the light of the glorious gospel. The apostle adds, Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past, which words refer to the Jews, whom he signifies here to have been in the like sad and miserable condition by nature, and to have been as vile and wicked as the unregenerate Gentiles themselves, and whose natural state he further describes in the next words.
4. We are by nature drudges to the flesh, and to our corrupt affections, v. 3. By fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, men contract that filthiness of flesh and spirit from which the apostle exhorts Christians to cleanse themselves, 2 Co. 7:1. The fulfilling of the desires of the flesh and of the mind includes all the sin and wickedness that are acted in and by both the inferior and the higher or nobler powers of the soul. We lived in the actual commission of all those sins to which corrupt nature inclined us. The carnal mind makes a man a perfect slave to his vicious appetite.-The fulfilling of the wills of the flesh, so the words may be rendered, denoting the efficacy of these lusts, and what power they have over those who yield themselves up unto them.
5. We are by nature the children of wrath, even as others. The Jews were so, as well as the Gentiles; and one man is as much so as another by nature, not only by custom and imitation, but from the time when we began to exist, and by reason of our natural inclinations and appetites. All men, being naturally children of disobedience, are also by nature children of wrath: God is angry with the wicked every day. Our state and course are such as deserve wrath, and would end in eternal wrath, if divine grace did not interpose. What reason have sinners then to be looking out for that grace that will make them, of children of wrath, children of God and heirs of glory! Thus far the apostle has described the misery of a natural state in these verses, which we shall find him pursuing again in some following ones.

Eph 2:4-10

Here the apostle begins his account of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace, where observe,

I. By whom, and in what manner, it was brought about and effected.
- 1. Negatively: Not of yourselves, v. 8. Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not the mere product of any natural abilities, nor of any merit of our own: Not of works, lest any man should boast, v. 9. These things are not brought to pass by any thing done by us, and therefore all boasting is excluded; he who glories must not glory in himself, but in the Lord. There is no room for any man's boasting of his own abilities and power; or as though he had done any thing that might deserve such immense favours from God.
- 2. Positively: But God, who is rich in mercy, etc., v. 4. God himself is the author of this great and happy change, and his great love is the spring and fontal cause of it; hence he resolved to show mercy. Love is his inclination to do us good considered simply as creatures; mercy respects us as apostate and as miserable creatures. Observe, God's eternal love or good-will towards his creatures is the fountain whence all his mercies vouch-safed to us proceed; and that love of God is great love, and that mercy of his is rich mercy, inexpressibly great and inexhaustibly rich. And then by grace you are saved (v. 5), and by grace are you saved through faith-it is the gift of God, v. 8. Note, Every converted sinner is a saved sinner. Such are delivered from sin and wrath; they are brought into a state of salvation, and have a right given them by grace to eternal happiness. The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favour of God; and he saves them, not by the works of the law, but through faith in Christ Jesus, by means of which they come to partake of the great blessings of the gospel; and both that faith and that salvation on which it has so great an influence are the gift of God. The great objects of faith are made known by divine revelation, and made credible by the testimony and evidence which God hath given us; and that we believe to salvation and obtain salvation through faith is entirely owing to divine assistance and grace; God has ordered all so that the whole shall appear to be of grace. Observe,
II. Wherein this change consists, in several particulars, answering to the misery of our natural state, some of which are enumerated in this section, and others are mentioned below.
- 1. We who were dead are quickened (v. 5), we are saved from the death of sin and have a principle of spiritual life implanted in us. Grace in the soul is a new life in the soul. As death locks up the senses, seals up all the powers and faculties, so does a state of sin, as to any thing that is good. Grace unlocks and opens all, and enlarges the soul. Observe, A regenerate sinner becomes a living soul: he lives a life of sanctification, being born of God; and he lives in the sense of the law, being delivered from the guilt of sin by pardoning and justifying grace. He hath quickened us together with Christ. Our spiritual life results from our union with Christ; it is in him that we live: Because I live, you shall live also.
- 2. We who were buried are raised up, v. 6. What remains yet to be done is here spoken of as though it were already past, though indeed we are raised up in virtue of our union with him whom God hath raised from the dead. When he raised Christ from the dead, he did in effect raise up all believers together with him, he being their common head; and when he placed him at his right hand in heavenly places, he advanced and glorified them in and with him, their raised and exalted head and forerunner.-And made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. This may be understood in another sense. Sinners roll themselves in the dust; sanctified souls sit in heavenly places, are raised above the world; the world is as nothing to them, compared with what it has been, and compared with what the other world is. Saints are not only Christ's freemen, but they are assessors with him; by the assistance of his grace they have ascended with him above this world to converse with another, and they live in the constant expectation of it. They are not only servants to the best of masters in the best work, but they are exalted to reign with him; they sit upon the throne with Christ, as he has sat down with his Father on his throne.
III. Observe what is the great design and aim of God in producing and effecting this change: And this,
- 1. With respect to others: That in the ages to come he might show, etc. (v. 7), that he might give a specimen and proof of his great goodness and mercy, for the encouragement of sinners in future time. Observe, The goodness of God in converting and saving sinners heretofore is a proper encouragement to others in after-time to hope in his grace and mercy, and to apply themselves to these. God having this in his design, poor sinners should take great encouragement from it. And what may we not hope for from such grace and kindness, from riches of grace, to which this change is owing? Through Christ Jesus, by and through whom God conveys all his favour and blessings to us.
- 2. With respect to the regenerated sinners themselves: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, etc., v. 10. It appears that all is of grace, because all our spiritual advantages are from God. We are his workmanship; he means in respect of the new creation; not only as men, but as saints. The new man is a new creature; and God is its Creator. It is a new birth, and we are born or begotten of his will. In Christ Jesus, that is, on the account of what he has done and suffered, and by the influence and operation of his blessed Spirit. Unto good works, etc. The apostle having before ascribed this change to divine grace in exclusion of works, lest he should seem thereby to discourage good works, he here observes that though the change is to be ascribed to nothing of that nature (for we are the workmanship of God), yet God, in his new creation, has designed and prepared us for good works: Created unto good works, with a design that we should be fruitful in them. Wherever God by his grace implants good principles, they are intended to be for good works. Which God hath before ordained, that is, decreed and appointed. Or, the words may be read, To which God hath before prepared us, that is, by blessing us with the knowledge of his will, and with the assistance of his Holy Spirit; and by producing such a change in us. That we should walk in them, or glorify God by an exemplary conversation and by our perseverance in holiness.

Eph 2:11-13

In these verses the apostle proceeds in his account of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature. Wherefore remember, etc., v. 11. As if he had said, "You should remember what you have been, and compare it with what you now are, in order to humble yourselves and to excite your love and thankfulness to God.' Note, Converted sinners ought frequently to reflect upon the sinfulness and misery of the state they were in by nature. Gentiles in the flesh, that is, living in the corruption of their natures, and being destitute of circumcision, the outward sign of an interest in the covenant of grace. Who are called uncircumcision by that, etc., that is, "You were reproached and upbraided for it by the formal Jews, who made an external profession, and who looked no further than the outward ordinance.' Note, Hypocritical professors are wont to value themselves chiefly on their external privileges, and to reproach and despise others who are destitute of them. The apostle describes the misery of their case in several particulars, v. 12. "At that time, while you were Gentiles, and in an unconverted state, you were,'

1. "In a Christless condition, without the knowledge of the Messiah, and without any saving interest in him or relation to him.' It is true of all unconverted sinners, all those who are destitute of faith, that they have no saving interest in Christ; and it must be a sad and deplorable thing for a soul to be without a Christ. Being without Christ, they were,
2. Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; they did not belong to Christ's church, and had no communion with it, that being confined to the Israelitish nation. It is no small privilege to be placed in the church of Christ, and to share with the members of it in the advantages peculiar to it.
3. They are strangers from the covenants of promise. The covenant of grace has ever been the same for substance, though, having undergone various additions and improvements in the several ages of the church, it is called covenants; and the covenants of promise, because it is made up of promises, and particularly contains the great promise of the Messiah, and of eternal life through him. Now the Ephesians, in their gentilism, were strangers to this covenant, having never had any information nor overture of it; and all unregenerate sinners are strangers to it, as they have no interest in it. Those who are without Christ, and so have no interest in the Mediator of the covenant, have none in the promises of the covenant.
4. They had no hope, that is, beyond this life-no well-grounded hope in God, no hope of spiritual and eternal blessings. Those who are with out Christ, and strangers from the covenant, can have no good hope; for Christ and the covenant are the ground and foundation of all the Christian's hopes. They were in a state of distance and estrangement from God: Without God in the world; not without some general knowledge of a deity, for they worshipped idols, but living without any due regard to him, any acknowledged dependence on him, and any special interest in him. The words are, atheists in the world; for, though they worshipped many gods, yet they were without the true God.

The apostle proceeds (v. 13) further to illustrate the happy change that was made in their state: But now, in Christ Jesus, you who sometimes were far off, etc. They were far off from Christ, from his church, from the promises, from the Christian hope, and from God himself; and therefore from all good, like the prodigal son in the far country: this had been represented in the preceding verses. Unconverted sinners remove themselves at a distance from God, and God puts them at a distance: He beholds the proud afar off. "But now in Christ Jesus, etc., upon your conversion, by virtue of union with Christ, and interest in him by faith, you are made nigh.' They were brought home to God, received into the church, taken into the covenant, and possessed of all other privileges consequent upon these. Note, The saints are a people near to God. Salvation is far from the wicked; but God is a help at hand to his people; and this is by the blood of Christ, by the merit of his sufferings and death. Every believing sinner owes his nearness to God, and his interest in his favour, to the death and sacrifice of Christ.

Eph 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, v. 14. He made peace by the sacrifice of himself; and came to reconcile,

1. Jews and Gentiles to each other. He made both one, by reconciling these two divisions of men, who were wont to malign, to hate, and to reproach each other before. He broke down the middle wall of partition, the ceremonial law, that made the great feud, and was the badge of the Jews' peculiarity, called the partition-wall by way of allusion to the partition in the temple, which separated the court of the Gentiles from that into which the Jews only had liberty to enter. Thus he abolished in his flesh the enmity, v. 15. By his sufferings in the flesh, to took away the binding power of the ceremonial law (so removing that cause of enmity and distance between them), which is here called the law of commandments contained in ordinances, because it enjoined a multitude of external rites and ceremonies, and consisted of many institutions and appointments about the outward parts of divine worship. The legal ceremonies were abrogated by Christ, having their accomplishment in him. By taking these out of the way, he formed one church of believers, whether they had been Jews or Gentiles. Thus he made in himself of twain one new man. He framed both these parties into one new society, or body of God's people, uniting them to himself as their common head, they being renewed by the Holy Ghost, and now concurring in a new way of gospel worship, so making peace between these two parties, who were so much at variance before.
2. There is an enmity between God and sinners, whether Jews and Gentiles; and Christ came to slay that enmity, and to reconcile them both to God, v. 16. Sin breeds a quarrel between God and men. Christ came to take up the quarrel, and to bring it to an end, by reconciling both Jew and Gentile, now collected and gathered into one body, to a provoked and an offended God: and this by the cross, or by the sacrifice of himself upon the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. He, being slain or sacrificed, slew the enmity that there was between God and poor sinners. The apostle proceeds to illustrate the great advantages which both parties gain by the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ, v. 17. Christ, who purchased peace on the cross, came, partly in his own person, as to the Jews, who are here said to have been nigh, and partly in his apostles, whom he commissioned to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, who are said to have been afar off, in the sense that has been given before. And preached peace, or published the terms of reconciliation with God and of eternal life. Note here, When the messengers of Christ deliver his truths, it is in effect the same as if he did it immediately himself. He is said to preach by them, insomuch that he who receiveth them receiveth him, and he who despiseth them (acting by virtue of his commission, and delivering his message) despiseth and rejecteth Christ himself. Now the effect of this peace is the free access which both Jews and Gentiles have unto God (v. 18): For through him, in his name and by virtue of his mediation, we both have access or admission into the presence of God, who has become the common reconciled Father of both: the throne of grace is erected for us to come to, and liberty of approach to that throne is allowed us. Our access is by the Holy Spirit. Christ purchased for us leave to come to God, and the Spirit gives us a heart to come and strength to come, even grace to serve God acceptably. Observe, We draw nigh to God, through Jesus Christ, by the help of the Spirit. The Ephesians, upon their conversion, having such an access to God, as well as the Jews, and by the same Spirit, the apostle tells them, Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, v. 19. This he mentions by way of opposition to what he had observed of them in their heathenism: they were now no longer aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and no longer what the Jews were wont to account all the nations of the earth besides themselves (namely, strangers to God), but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, that is, members of the church of Christ, and having a right to all the privileges of it. Observe here, The church is compared to a city, and every converted sinner is free of it. It is also compared to a house, and every converted sinner is one of the domestics, one of the family, a servant and a child in God's house. In v. 20 the church is compared to a building. The apostles and prophets are the foundation of that building. They may be so called in a secondary sense, Christ himself being the primary foundation; but we are rather to understand it of the doctrine delivered by the prophets of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New. It follows, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. In him both Jews and Gentiles meet, and constitute one church; and Christ supports the building by his strength: In whom all the building, fitly framed together, etc., v. 21. All believers, of whom it consists, being united to Christ by faith, and among themselves by Christian charity, grow unto a holy temple, become a sacred society, in which there is much communion between God and his people, as in the temple, they worshipping and serving him, he manifesting himself unto them, they offering up spiritual sacrifices to God and he dispensing his blessings and favours to them. Thus the building, for the nature of it, is a temple, a holy temple; for the church is the place which God hath chosen to put his name there, and it becomes such a temple by grace and strength derived from himself-in the Lord. The universal church being built upon Christ as the foundation-stone, and united in Christ as the corner-stone, comes at length to be glorified in him as the top-stone: In whom you also are built together, etc., v. 22. Observe, Not only the universal church is called the temple of God, but particular churches; and even every true believer is a living temple, is a habitation of God through the Spirit. God dwells in all believers now, they having become the temple of God through the operations of the blessed Spirit, and his dwelling with them now is an earnest of their dwelling together with him to eternity.

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Ephesians 2:21 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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Chapter 2