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Ephesians 2:4-22

4But GodG2316, beingG1510 1richG4145 in mercyG1656, becauseG1223 of 2His greatG4183 loveG26 with whichG3739 He lovedG25 us, 5evenG2532 when we were 3deadG3498 4in our wrongdoingsG3900, madeG4806 us aliveG4806 togetherG4806 5with ChristG5547 (6by graceG5485 you have beenG1510 savedG4982), 6and 7raisedG4891 us up with Him, and 8seatedG4776 us with Him in 9the heavenlyG2032 places in 10ChristG5547 JesusG2424, 7soG2443 thatG2443 in the agesG165 to comeG1904 He might showG1731 the 11boundlessG5235 12richesG4149 of His graceG5485 in 13kindnessG5544 towardG1909 us in ChristG5547 JesusG2424. 8For 14by graceG5485 you have been savedG4982 15throughG1223 faithG4102; and 16this is not of yourselvesG4771, it is 17the giftG1435 of GodG2316; 918not a resultG1537 of worksG2041, soG2443 thatG2443 19noG3361 oneG5100 may boastG2744. 10For we are His workmanshipG4161, 20createdG2936 in 21ChristG5547 JesusG2424 for 22goodG18 worksG2041, whichG3739 GodG2316 23preparedG4282 beforehandG4282 soG2443 thatG2443 we would 24walkG4043 in them.

11ThereforeG1352 rememberG3421 that 25previouslyG4218 26you, the GentilesG1484 in the fleshG4561, who are calledG3004 “27UncircumcisionG203” by the so-calledG3004 “28CircumcisionG4061” which is performedG5499 in the fleshG4561 byG5499 humanG5499 handsG5499-- 12remember that you were at that timeG2540 separateG5565 from ChristG5547, 2930excludedG526 from 31the peopleG4174 of IsraelG2474, and strangersG3581 to 32the covenantsG1242 of the promiseG1860, havingG2192 33noG3361 hopeG1680 and 34withoutG112 GodG112 in the worldG2889. 13But nowG3570 in 35ChristG5547 JesusG2424 you whoG3739 36previouslyG4218 were 37farG3112 awayG3112 38have 39beenG1096 broughtG1096 nearG1451 4041by the bloodG129 of ChristG5547. 14For He HimselfG846 is 42our peaceG1515, 43who madeG4160 bothG297 groups into oneG1520 and brokeG3089 downG3089 the 44barrierG5418 of the dividingG3320 wallG3320, 1545by 46abolishingG2673 47in His fleshG4561 the hostilityG2189, which is 48the LawG3551 composed of commandmentsG1785 expressed in ordinancesG1378, soG2443 thatG2443 in HimselfG846 He might 4950makeG2936 the twoG1417 51oneG1520 newG2537 personG444, in this way establishingG4160 52peaceG1515; 16and that He might 53reconcileG604 them bothG297 in 54oneG1520 bodyG4983 to GodG2316 throughG1223 the crossG4716, 55by it having 56putG615 toG615 deathG615 the hostilityG2189. 17And 57He cameG2064 and preachedG2097 58peaceG1515 to you whoG3588 were 59farG3112 awayG3112, and peaceG1515 to thoseG3588 who were 60nearG1451; 18for throughG1223 Him we bothG297 haveG2192 61our accessG4318 in 62oneG1520 SpiritG4151 to 63the FatherG3962. 19SoG686 thenG686 you are noG3765 longerG3765 64strangersG3581 and foreignersG3941, but you are 65fellowG4847 citizensG4847 with the 66saintsG40, and areG3609 ofG3609 67God’sG2316 householdG3609, 20having been 68builtG2026 on 69the foundationG2310 of 70the apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396, 71ChristG5547 JesusG2424 HimselfG846 beingG1510 the 72cornerstoneG204, 2173in whomG3739 the wholeG3956 buildingG3619, being fittedG4883 togetherG4883, is growingG837 into 74a holyG40 75templeG3485 in the LordG2962, 22in whomG3739 you alsoG2532 are being 76builtG4925 togetherG4925 into a 77dwellingG2732 of GodG2316 in the SpiritG4151.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 2:4 Eph 1:7 ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 2:4 John 3:16 ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 2:5 Eph 2:1 ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 2:5 Or by reason of ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 2:5 Two early mss in Christ ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 2:5 Acts 15:11 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 2:6 Col 2:12 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:20 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:3 ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:1; 2:10, 13 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 2:7 Lit surpassing ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 2:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 2:7 Titus 3:4 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 2:8 Acts 15:11; Eph 2:5 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 2:8 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 2:8 I.e., this salvation ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 2:8 John 4:10 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 2:9 Rom 3:28; 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 2:9 1 Cor 1:29 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 2:15; 4:24; Col 3:10 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:1; 2:6, 13 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 2:10 Titus 2:14 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:4 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 2:11 Eph 2:2 ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 2:11 1 Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 2:12 Or citizenship in Israel ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  34. 34. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
  35. 35. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
  36. 36. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
  37. 37. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  38. 38. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
  39. 39. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  40. 40. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
  41. 41. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩
  42. 42. Ephesians 2:14 Is 9:6; Eph 2:15; Col 3:15 ↩
  43. 43. Ephesians 2:14 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 ↩
  44. 44. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier ↩
  45. 45. Ephesians 2:15 Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law ↩
  46. 46. Ephesians 2:15 Eph 2:16; Col 1:21f ↩
  47. 47. Ephesians 2:15 I.e., by His death ↩
  48. 48. Ephesians 2:15 Col 2:14, 20 ↩
  49. 49. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create ↩
  50. 50. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Eph 2:10; Col 3:10, 11 ↩
  51. 51. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Col 3:10f ↩
  52. 52. Ephesians 2:15 Is 9:6; Eph 2:14; Col 3:15 ↩
  53. 53. Ephesians 2:16 2 Cor 5:18; Col 1:20, 22 ↩
  54. 54. Ephesians 2:16 1 Cor 10:17; Eph 4:4 ↩
  55. 55. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself ↩
  56. 56. Ephesians 2:16 Eph 2:15 ↩
  57. 57. Ephesians 2:17 Is 57:19; Rom 10:14 ↩
  58. 58. Ephesians 2:17 Acts 10:36; Eph 2:14 ↩
  59. 59. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
  60. 60. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
  61. 61. Ephesians 2:18 Rom 5:2; Eph 3:12 ↩
  62. 62. Ephesians 2:18 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 4:4 ↩
  63. 63. Ephesians 2:18 Col 1:12 ↩
  64. 64. Ephesians 2:19 Eph 2:12; Heb 11:13; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
  65. 65. Ephesians 2:19 Phil 3:20; Heb 12:22f ↩
  66. 66. Ephesians 2:19 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  67. 67. Ephesians 2:19 Gal 6:10 ↩
  68. 68. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 3:9 ↩
  69. 69. Ephesians 2:20 Matt 16:18; 1 Cor 3:10; Rev 21:14 ↩
  70. 70. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 3:5 ↩
  71. 71. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 3:11 ↩
  72. 72. Ephesians 2:20 Ps 118:22; Luke 20:17 ↩
  73. 73. Ephesians 2:21 Eph 4:15f; Col 2:19 ↩
  74. 74. Ephesians 2:21 1 Cor 3:16f ↩
  75. 75. Ephesians 2:21 Or sanctuary ↩
  76. 76. Ephesians 2:22 1 Cor 3:9, 16; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
  77. 77. Ephesians 2:22 Eph 3:17 ↩

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