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Ephesians 2:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; "
Ephesians 2:20
Verse in Context
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18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
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Ephesians 2:1
"You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,"
Ephesians 2:2
"in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience."
Ephesians 2:3
"We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."
Ephesians 2:4
"But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,"
Ephesians 2:5
"even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—"
Ephesians 2:6
"and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,"
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