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Ephesians 2:1-13

1And 1you 2were 3deadG3498 4in your offensesG3900 and sinsG266, 2in whichG3739 you 5previouslyG4218 walkedG4043 accordingG2596 to the 6courseG165 of 7thisG3778 worldG2889, accordingG2596 to 8the princeG758 of the powerG1849 of the airG109, of the spiritG4151 that is nowG3568 workingG1754 in 9the 10sonsG5207 of disobedienceG543. 3AmongG1722 them 11we tooG2532 allG3956 12previouslyG4218 livedG390 in 13the lustsG1939 of our fleshG4561, 14indulgingG4160 the desiresG2307 of the fleshG4561 and of the 15mindG1271, and were 16by natureG5449 17childrenG5043 of wrathG3709, 18justG2532 as the restG3062. 4But GodG2316, beingG1510 19richG4145 in mercyG1656, becauseG1223 of 20His greatG4183 loveG26 with whichG3739 He lovedG25 us, 5evenG2532 when we were 21deadG3498 22in our wrongdoingsG3900, madeG4806 us aliveG4806 togetherG4806 23with ChristG5547 (24by graceG5485 you have beenG1510 savedG4982), 6and 25raisedG4891 us up with Him, and 26seatedG4776 us with Him in 27the heavenlyG2032 places in 28ChristG5547 JesusG2424, 7soG2443 thatG2443 in the agesG165 to comeG1904 He might showG1731 the 29boundlessG5235 30richesG4149 of His graceG5485 in 31kindnessG5544 towardG1909 us in ChristG5547 JesusG2424. 8For 32by graceG5485 you have been savedG4982 33throughG1223 faithG4102; and 34this is not of yourselvesG4771, it is 35the giftG1435 of GodG2316; 936not a resultG1537 of worksG2041, soG2443 thatG2443 37noG3361 oneG5100 may boastG2744. 10For we are His workmanshipG4161, 38createdG2936 in 39ChristG5547 JesusG2424 for 40goodG18 worksG2041, whichG3739 GodG2316 41preparedG4282 beforehandG4282 soG2443 thatG2443 we would 42walkG4043 in them.

11ThereforeG1352 rememberG3421 that 43previouslyG4218 44you, the GentilesG1484 in the fleshG4561, who are calledG3004 “45UncircumcisionG203” by the so-calledG3004 “46CircumcisionG4061” which is performedG5499 in the fleshG4561 byG5499 humanG5499 handsG5499-- 12remember that you were at that timeG2540 separateG5565 from ChristG5547, 4748excludedG526 from 49the peopleG4174 of IsraelG2474, and strangersG3581 to 50the covenantsG1242 of the promiseG1860, havingG2192 51noG3361 hopeG1680 and 52withoutG112 GodG112 in the worldG2889. 13But nowG3570 in 53ChristG5547 JesusG2424 you whoG3739 54previouslyG4218 were 55farG3112 awayG3112 56have 57beenG1096 broughtG1096 nearG1451 5859by the bloodG129 of ChristG5547.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 2:1 I.e., Gentile believers ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 2:1 Lit being ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 2:1 Eph 2:5; Col 2:13 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 2:1 Or by reason of ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 2:2 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 2:3 ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 2:2 Lit age ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 2:2 Eph 1:21 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 2:2 John 12:31; Eph 6:12 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 2:2 Eph 5:6 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 2:2 I.e., people opposed to God ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 2:3 Eph 2:2 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 2:3 Gal 5:16f ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 2:14; Gal 2:15 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 5:9; Col 1:21; 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 5:12 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 2:4 Eph 1:7 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 2:4 John 3:16 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 2:5 Eph 2:1 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 2:5 Or by reason of ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 2:5 Two early mss in Christ ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 2:5 Acts 15:11 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 2:6 Col 2:12 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:20 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:3 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:1; 2:10, 13 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 2:7 Lit surpassing ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 2:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7 ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 2:7 Titus 3:4 ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 2:8 Acts 15:11; Eph 2:5 ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 2:8 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
  34. 34. Ephesians 2:8 I.e., this salvation ↩
  35. 35. Ephesians 2:8 John 4:10 ↩
  36. 36. Ephesians 2:9 Rom 3:28; 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
  37. 37. Ephesians 2:9 1 Cor 1:29 ↩
  38. 38. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 2:15; 4:24; Col 3:10 ↩
  39. 39. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:1; 2:6, 13 ↩
  40. 40. Ephesians 2:10 Titus 2:14 ↩
  41. 41. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:4 ↩
  42. 42. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
  43. 43. Ephesians 2:11 Eph 2:2 ↩
  44. 44. Ephesians 2:11 1 Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8 ↩
  45. 45. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  46. 46. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  47. 47. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
  48. 48. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
  49. 49. Ephesians 2:12 Or citizenship in Israel ↩
  50. 50. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
  51. 51. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  52. 52. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
  53. 53. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
  54. 54. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
  55. 55. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  56. 56. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
  57. 57. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  58. 58. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
  59. 59. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩

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