New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 2:12-19

12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, 1 2excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to 3the covenants of promise, having 4no hope and 5without God in the world.

13But now in 6Christ Jesus you who 7formerly were 8far off 9have 10been brought near 11 12by the blood of Christ.

14For He Himself is 13our peace, 14who made both groups into one and broke down the 15barrier of the dividing wall,

15 16by 17abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is 18the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might 19 20make the two into 21one new man, thus establishing 22peace,

16and might 23reconcile them both in 24one body to God through the cross, 25by it having 26put to death the enmity.

17And 27He came and preached 28peace to you who were 29far away, and peace to those who were 30near;

18for through Him we both have 31our access in 32one Spirit to 33the Father.

19So then you are no longer 34strangers and aliens, but you are 35fellow citizens with the 36saints, and are of 37God’s household,

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Notes

1. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
2. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
3. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
4. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
5. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
6. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
7. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
8. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
9. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
10. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
11. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
12. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩
13. Ephesians 2:14 Is 9:6; Eph 2:15; Col 3:15 ↩
14. Ephesians 2:14 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 ↩
15. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier ↩
16. Ephesians 2:15 Or the enmity, by abolishing in His flesh the Law ↩
17. Ephesians 2:15 Eph 2:16; Col 1:21f ↩
18. Ephesians 2:15 Col 2:14, 20 ↩
19. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create ↩
20. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Eph 2:10; Col 3:10, 11 ↩
21. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Col 3:10f ↩
22. Ephesians 2:15 Is 9:6; Eph 2:14; Col 3:15 ↩
23. Ephesians 2:16 2 Cor 5:18; Col 1:20, 22 ↩
24. Ephesians 2:16 1 Cor 10:17; Eph 4:4 ↩
25. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself ↩
26. Ephesians 2:16 Eph 2:15 ↩
27. Ephesians 2:17 Is 57:19; Rom 10:14 ↩
28. Ephesians 2:17 Acts 10:36; Eph 2:14 ↩
29. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
30. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
31. Ephesians 2:18 Rom 5:2; Eph 3:12 ↩
32. Ephesians 2:18 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 4:4 ↩
33. Ephesians 2:18 Col 1:12 ↩
34. Ephesians 2:19 Eph 2:12; Heb 11:13; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
35. Ephesians 2:19 Phil 3:20; Heb 12:22f ↩
36. Ephesians 2:19 Or holy ones ↩
37. Ephesians 2:19 Gal 6:10 ↩

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