Ephesians 2
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Ephesians 2:11-14

11ThereforeG1352 rememberG3421 that 1previouslyG4218 2you, the GentilesG1484 in the fleshG4561, who are calledG3004 “3UncircumcisionG203” by the so-calledG3004 “4CircumcisionG4061” which is performedG5499 in the fleshG4561 byG5499 humanG5499 handsG5499--

12remember that you were at that timeG2540 separateG5565 from ChristG5547, 56excludedG526 from 7the peopleG4174 of IsraelG2474, and strangersG3581 to 8the covenantsG1242 of the promiseG1860, havingG2192 9noG3361 hopeG1680 and 10withoutG112 GodG112 in the worldG2889.

13But nowG3570 in 11ChristG5547 JesusG2424 you whoG3739 12previouslyG4218 were 13farG3112 awayG3112 14have 15beenG1096 broughtG1096 nearG1451 1617by the bloodG129 of ChristG5547.

14For He HimselfG846 is 18our peaceG1515, 19who madeG4160 bothG297 groups into oneG1520 and brokeG3089 downG3089 the 20barrierG5418 of the dividingG3320 wallG3320,

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 2:11 Eph 2:2 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 2:11 1 Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 2:12 Or citizenship in Israel ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 2:14 Is 9:6; Eph 2:15; Col 3:15 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 2:14 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier ↩

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