Ephesians 2:21 Cross References - Moffatt

²¹ in him the whole structure is welded together and rises into a sacred temple in the Lord,

⁹ We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

¹⁶ Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you? ¹⁷ God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred — and that is what you are.

¹⁶ What compact can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God — as God has said, I will dwell and move among them, I will be their God and they shall be my people.

¹³ till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ — ¹⁴ instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error; ¹⁵ we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him, ¹⁶ as the entire Body is welded together and compacted by every joint with which it is supplied, the due activity of each part enables the Body to grow and build itself up in love.

³ Jesus has been adjudged greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the founder of a house enjoys greater honour than the house itself. ⁴ (Every house is founded by someone, but God is the founder of all.)