Ephesians 2:20

Christ Our Cornerstone

19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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Berean Standard Bible
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
American Standard Version (1901)
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
Bible in Basic English
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Douay-Rheims 1899
Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
Free Bible Version
that's being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.
Geneva Bible 1599
And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone,
King James (Authorized) Version
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Plain English Version
I will use a house as a picture story. It is like God used Jesus and all his people to build a special house for himself. He used Jesus Christ to start building that house. He is the most important one. Then God used Jesus’s special workers, and the other people that told God’s messages. They are like the cement slab that the house sits on. Now God is using you mob, with us Jewish mob, to make the rest of the house. It is like God’s people are the bricks and the wood. You mob are not Jews, but you are still part of that house. God’s spirit carefully joins us together, to make that house bigger all the time, and God lives in his special house. That picture of a house shows us that God is living in us all the time.
Translation for Translators
Just like a building is built {as someone builds a building} on a foundation, God has joined you into one group that originated/began from what the apostles and prophets taught. Christ Jesus is the most important one in that group, just like a cornerstone is the most important part of a building. And
Unlocked Literal Bible
You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.
Noah Webster Bible
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner -stone ;
World English Bible
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
Young's Literal Translation
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner -[stone],