Ephesians 2
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Ephesians 2:8-13

8For 1by graceG5485 you have been savedG4982 2throughG1223 faithG4102; and 3that not of yourselvesG4771, it is 4the giftG1435 of GodG2316; 95not as a resultG1537 of worksG2041, soG2443 that 6noG3361 oneG5100 may boastG2744. 10For we are His workmanshipG4161, 7createdG2936 in 8ChristG5547 JesusG2424 for 9goodG18 worksG2041, whichG3739 GodG2316 10preparedG4282 beforehandG4282 soG2443 that we would 11walkG4043 in them.

11ThereforeG1352 rememberG3421 that 12formerlyG4218 13you, the GentilesG1484 in the fleshG4561, who are calledG3004 “14UncircumcisionG203” by the so-calledG3004 “15CircumcisionG4061,” which is performedG5499 in the fleshG4561 by humanG5499 handsG5499-- 12remember that you were at that timeG2540 separateG5565 from ChristG5547, 1617excludedG526 from the commonwealthG4174 of IsraelG2474, and strangersG3581 to 18the covenantsG1242 of promiseG1860, havingG2192 19noG3361 hopeG1680 and 20withoutG112 GodG112 in the worldG2889. 13But nowG3570 in 21ChristG5547 JesusG2424 you whoG3739 22formerlyG4218 were 23farG3112 offG3112 24have 25beenG1096 broughtG1096 nearG1451 2627by the bloodG129 of ChristG5547.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 2:8 Acts 15:11; Eph 2:5 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 2:8 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 2:8 I.e. that salvation ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 2:8 John 4:10 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 2:9 Rom 3:28; 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 2:9 1 Cor 1:29 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 2:15; 4:24; Col 3:10 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:1; 2:6, 13 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 2:10 Titus 2:14 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:4 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 2:11 Eph 2:2 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 2:11 1 Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩

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