Ephesians 2:19-20

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:20

The Church is in this place said to be built upon the apostles and prophets; why not then upon St. Peter? read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:19-22

19-22 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 family; a servant, and a child in God's house. The church is also compared to a building, founded on the doctrine of Christ; delivered by the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New. God dwells in all believers now; they become the temple of God through the working of the blessed Spirit. Let us then ask if our hopes are... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-99

Ephesians 2 THE CHURCH IS not yet completed, and the saints are here in weakness, but our Head is exalted far above all by the surpassing greatness of divine power, and this exhibits how great is the power that works toward us in life-giving energy. Hence chapter 2 simply opens with, “And you, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” God’s power has wrought, “in Christ . . . and you.” It wrought in Christ when He was dead on account of our trespasses and sins. It wrought in us when we were... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ephesians 2:19-22

The Christians God's living temple: v. 19. Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the household of God; v. 20. and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Corner-stone; v. 21. in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; v. 22. in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. The apostle here... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 2:11-22

2. Extolling comparison of their previous and their present conditionEphesians 2:11-2211Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles, [that once29 ye, Gentiles] in the flesh, who are called [the] Uncircumcision by that which is called the 12[or by the so-called] Circumcision in the flesh made [wrought] by hands; That at that time30 ye were [ye were at that time] without Christ, being aliens [alienated] from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of [the]... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 2:20

EPHESIANS ‘THE CHIEF CORNER-STONE’ Eph_2:20 The Roman Empire had in Paul’s time gathered into a great unity the Asiatics of Ephesus, the Greeks of Corinth, the Jews of Palestine, and men of many another race, but grand and imposing as that great unity was, it was to Paul a poor thing compared with the oneness of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Asiatics of Ephesus, Greeks of Corinth, Jews of Palestine and members of many another race could say, ‘Our citizenship is in heaven.’ The Roman Eagle... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Reconciled and United by the Cross Ephesians 2:11-22 The state of the unconverted must be described by a series of negations. Shut the sun out of the world, love out of the home, liberty out of the state! The unsaved know not of their infinite loss; but if they could see what we inherit through union with Jesus, they could cease to wonder that we run not with them into the same excess of riot. Does a maiden need much persuasion to cast aside paste jewels when real ones are offered her! There... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God, who is rich in mercy, finds the material for His building. The process is that in Christ Jesus those found are made alive, are raised up, and made to sit with Him. The purpose for which the building is created is then distinctly told in the words, "That in the ages to come He might show the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:19

LIFE REALISED IN FELLOWSHIP‘Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow=citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.’ Ephesians 2:19 We maintain that the undenominational principle is wrong, from the standpoint not only of education, but also of religion—nay, that it not only fails to interpret, but it reverses, the method of Christ Himself, the Divine Teacher. Was it His method to lay down certain truths and maxims, and to leave individuals to make of them... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:11-22

They Are to Remember that They Were Once Excluded From Israel and the Promises But Are Now Made One With the True Israel; They Are Now the People of God (2:11-3:12) Paul here goes on to point out that the ordinances of the Law of Sinai (the whole sacrificial system and all that pertained to it), which were a cause of separation as they were what made Israel distinctive, have now been done away through His cross, which has superseded all offerings and sacrifices, and the result is that all can... read more

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