New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 2:8-13

8Forby graceχάριτίcharitiG5485you have been savedσεσῳσμένοιsesōsmenoiG4982throughδιὰdiaG1223faithπίστεως,pisteōsG4102; and this isnot of yourselvesὑμῶν,humōnG4771, it isthe giftδῶρον,dōronG1435of GodθεοῦtheouG2316;

9not a resultἐξexG1537of worksἔργων,ergōnG2041,soἵναinaG2443thatG2443noμήmēG3361oneτιςtisG5100may boastκαυχήσηται.kauchēsētaiG2744.

10For we are His workmanshipποίημαpoiēmaG4161,createdκτισθέντεςktisthentesG2936inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424forgoodἀγαθοῖςagathoisG18worksἔργοιςergoisG2041,whichοἷςhoisG3739Godθεός,theosG2316preparedG4282beforehandπροητοίμασενproētoimasenG4282soG2443thatG2443we wouldwalkπεριπατήσωμεν.¶peripatēsōmenG4043in them.

11ThereforeΔιὸDioG1352rememberμνημονεύετεmnēmoneueteG3421thatpreviouslyποτὲpoteG4218you, the GentilesἔθνηethnēG1484in the fleshσαρκί,sarkiG4561,who are calledλεγόμενοιlegomenoiG3004“UncircumcisionἀκροβυστίαakrobustiaG203”by the so-calledλεγομένηςlegomenēsG3004“CircumcisionπεριτομῆςperitomēsG4061” which isperformedG5499in the fleshσαρκὶsarkiG4561byG5499humanG5499handsχειροποιήτου,cheiropoiētouG5499--

12rememberthat you were at that timeκαιρῷkairōG2540separateχωρὶςchōrisG5565from ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,excludedἀπηλλοτριωμένοιapēllotriōmenoiG526fromthe peopleπολιτείαςpoliteiasG4174of IsraelἸσραὴλIsraēlG2474,and strangersξένοιxenoiG3581tothe covenantsδιαθηκῶνdiathēkōnG1242of the promiseἐπαγγελίας,epangeliasG1860,havingἔχοντεςechontesG2192noμὴmēG3361hopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680andwithoutG112GodG112in the worldκόσμῳ·kosmōG2889.

13But nowνυνὶnuniG3570inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424you whoοἵoiG3739previouslyποτεpoteG4218werefarμακρὰνmakranG3112awayG3112havebeenG1096broughtG1096nearἐγγὺςengusG1451by the bloodαἵματιaimatiG129of ChristΧριστοῦ.ChristouG5547.

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