19 So then you are no longer (A)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (B)fellow citizens with the saints and (C)members of the household of God, 20 (D)built on the foundation of the (E)apostles and prophets, (F)Christ Jesus himself being (G)the cornerstone, 21 (H)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (I)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (J)you also are being built together (K)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

Now (A)there are varieties of gifts, but (B)the same Spirit; and (C)there are varieties of service, but (D)the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is (E)the same God who empowers them all in everyone. (F)To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of (G)wisdom, and to another the utterance of (H)knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another (I)faith by the same Spirit, to another (J)gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another (K)the working of miracles, to another (L)prophecy, to another (M)the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another (N)various kinds of tongues, to another (O)the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, (P)who apportions to each one individually (Q)as he wills.

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For (A)as in one body we have many members,[a] and the members do not all have the same function, so we, (B)though many, (C)are one body in Christ, and individually (D)members one of another. (E)Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if (F)prophecy, (G)in proportion to our faith; if (H)service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; (I)the one who leads,[b] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with (J)cheerfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:4 Greek parts; also verse 5
  2. Romans 12:8 Or gives aid

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