Ephesians 4:13-16 develops the same growth metaphor, emphasizing unity and maturity in the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15 speaks of growing up into Christ, paralleling the temple 'growing' into a holy structure.

Ephesians 3:17 uses 'rooted and grounded' building language and 'Christ dwells in your hearts' — reinforcing temple imagery.

1 Corinthians 3:9 explicitly calls believers 'God's building,' directly paralleling the temple construction metaphor here.

1 Corinthians 3:17 also calls believers God's temple, reinforcing the same metaphor of the church as a holy building fitted together.

Exodus 26:1 describes the tabernacle's construction, which prefigures the spiritual temple here as God's dwelling place.

2 Corinthians 6:16 explicitly identifies believers as the temple of the living God, echoing the imagery of God dwelling in His people.

1 Corinthians 6:19 applies the temple metaphor to the individual body, expanding the corporate image.

Hebrews 3:6 says believers are God's house, echoing the building metaphor and Christ's role as faithful Son over that house.

Colossians 2:7 says 'rooted and built up in him' — directly mirroring the building and growth metaphor of the temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16 directly states believers are God's temple — the same corporate dwelling metaphor.

Psalm 122:3 depicts Jerusalem 'compacted together' — a type of the church as a unified temple fitted together.

In 1 Kings 6:7, the temple stones were pre-shaped at the quarry, creating a quiet construction – a type of the church being built silently as believers are fitted together.

Exodus 36:10 repeats the joining of tabernacle curtains – reinforcing the theme of parts being fitted together, as the church is joined in Christ.

1 Timothy 3:15 calls the church God's household and pillar—reinforcing the temple imagery of believers being built together.

Exodus 26:3 shows tabernacle curtains joined together – a picture of believers being fitted together into a spiritual temple.

Hebrews 3:3 compares Jesus to the builder of a house, echoing the idea of Christ as the foundation and builder of this temple.