Ephesians 2:18-22

One in Christ

¹⁸ For _a through him we both have _b access in _c one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer _d strangers and aliens, ₁ but you are _e fellow citizens with the saints and _f members of the household of God, ²⁰ _g built on the foundation of the _h apostles and prophets, _i Christ Jesus himself being _j the cornerstone, ²¹ _k in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into _l a holy temple in the Lord. ²² In him _m you also are being built together _n into a dwelling place for God by ₂ the Spirit.

1. Cross References
   John 14:6
   Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 3:12
   In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
   John 10:7
   So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
   John 10:9
   I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
   Romans 5:2
   Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
   
3. Cross References
   Ephesians 4:4
   There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
   1 Corinthians 12:13
   For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free - and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
   John 4:23
   But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
   
4. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:12
   Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
   Hebrews 11:13
   These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
   Hebrews 13:14
   For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
   
5. Cross References
   Philippians 3:20
   But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Hebrews 12:22 - 23
   But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering.
   
6. Cross References
   Galatians 6:10
   So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
   
7. Cross References
   Jeremiah 12:16
   And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, 'As the Lord lives,' even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
   1 Corinthians 3:9
   For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 16:18
   And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
   Revelation 21:14
   And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 3:11
   For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
   
10. Cross References
    Psalms 118:22
    The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
    Isaiah 28:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
    
11. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:15 - 16
    Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
    
12. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:16 - 17
    Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
    
13. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:5
    You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
    
14. Cross References
    Ephesians 3:17
    So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being rooted and grounded in love.
    2 Corinthians 6:16
    What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    1 Timothy 3:15
    If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.