18 For [a]through him we both have an entrance unto the Father by one Spirit.

19 [b]Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners: but citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God.

20 [c]And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the [d]chief cornerstone,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:18 Christ is the gate as it were, by whom we come to the Father, and the holy Ghost is as it were our lodes man who leadeth us.
  2. Ephesians 2:19 The conclusion: The Gentiles are taken into the fellowship of salvation. And he describeth the excellency of the Church, calling it the city and house of God.
  3. Ephesians 2:20 The Lord committed the doctrine of salvation, first to the Prophets, and then to the Apostles, the end whereof and matter as it were and substance, is Christ. Therefore that is indeed the true and Catholic Church, which is builded upon Christ by the Prophets and Apostles, as a spiritual temple consecrated to God.
  4. Ephesians 2:20 That is, the head of the building, for the foundations are as it were the heads of the buildings.

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