Ephesians 2
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Ephesians 2:8-13

8For 1by graceG5485 you have been savedG4982 2throughG1223 faithG4102; and 3this is not of yourselvesG4771, it is 4the giftG1435 of GodG2316; 95not a resultG1537 of worksG2041, soG2443 thatG2443 6noG3361 oneG5100 may boastG2744. 10For we are His workmanshipG4161, 7createdG2936 in 8ChristG5547 JesusG2424 for 9goodG18 worksG2041, whichG3739 GodG2316 10preparedG4282 beforehandG4282 soG2443 thatG2443 we would 11walkG4043 in them.

11ThereforeG1352 rememberG3421 that 12previouslyG4218 13you, the GentilesG1484 in the fleshG4561, who are calledG3004 “14UncircumcisionG203” by the so-calledG3004 “15CircumcisionG4061” which is performedG5499 in the fleshG4561 byG5499 humanG5499 handsG5499-- 12remember that you were at that timeG2540 separateG5565 from ChristG5547, 1617excludedG526 from 18the peopleG4174 of IsraelG2474, and strangersG3581 to 19the covenantsG1242 of the promiseG1860, havingG2192 20noG3361 hopeG1680 and 21withoutG112 GodG112 in the worldG2889. 13But nowG3570 in 22ChristG5547 JesusG2424 you whoG3739 23previouslyG4218 were 24farG3112 awayG3112 25have 26beenG1096 broughtG1096 nearG1451 2728by 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., this 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 Or citizenship in Israel ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  21. 21. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
  22. 22. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
  23. 23. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
  24. 24. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  25. 25. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
  26. 26. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
  27. 27. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
  28. 28. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩

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