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Ephesians 2:8-22

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. 14For He HimselfG846 is 29our peaceG1515, 30who madeG4160 bothG297 groups into oneG1520 and brokeG3089 downG3089 the 31barrierG5418 of the dividingG3320 wallG3320, 1532by 33abolishingG2673 34in His fleshG4561 the hostilityG2189, which is 35the LawG3551 composed of commandmentsG1785 expressed in ordinancesG1378, soG2443 thatG2443 in HimselfG846 He might 3637makeG2936 the twoG1417 38oneG1520 newG2537 personG444, in this way establishingG4160 39peaceG1515; 16and that He might 40reconcileG604 them bothG297 in 41oneG1520 bodyG4983 to GodG2316 throughG1223 the crossG4716, 42by it having 43putG615 toG615 deathG615 the hostilityG2189. 17And 44He cameG2064 and preachedG2097 45peaceG1515 to you whoG3588 were 46farG3112 awayG3112, and peaceG1515 to thoseG3588 who were 47nearG1451; 18for throughG1223 Him we bothG297 haveG2192 48our accessG4318 in 49oneG1520 SpiritG4151 to 50the FatherG3962. 19SoG686 thenG686 you are noG3765 longerG3765 51strangersG3581 and foreignersG3941, but you are 52fellowG4847 citizensG4847 with the 53saintsG40, and areG3609 ofG3609 54God’sG2316 householdG3609, 20having been 55builtG2026 on 56the foundationG2310 of 57the apostlesG652 and prophetsG4396, 58ChristG5547 JesusG2424 HimselfG846 beingG1510 the 59cornerstoneG204, 2160in whomG3739 the wholeG3956 buildingG3619, being fittedG4883 togetherG4883, is growingG837 into 61a holyG40 62templeG3485 in the LordG2962, 22in whomG3739 you alsoG2532 are being 63builtG4925 togetherG4925 into a 64dwellingG2732 of GodG2316 in the SpiritG4151.

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  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 ↩
  29. 29. Ephesians 2:14 Is 9:6; Eph 2:15; Col 3:15 ↩
  30. 30. Ephesians 2:14 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11 ↩
  31. 31. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier ↩
  32. 32. Ephesians 2:15 Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law ↩
  33. 33. Ephesians 2:15 Eph 2:16; Col 1:21f ↩
  34. 34. Ephesians 2:15 I.e., by His death ↩
  35. 35. Ephesians 2:15 Col 2:14, 20 ↩
  36. 36. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create ↩
  37. 37. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Eph 2:10; Col 3:10, 11 ↩
  38. 38. Ephesians 2:15 Gal 3:28; Col 3:10f ↩
  39. 39. Ephesians 2:15 Is 9:6; Eph 2:14; Col 3:15 ↩
  40. 40. Ephesians 2:16 2 Cor 5:18; Col 1:20, 22 ↩
  41. 41. Ephesians 2:16 1 Cor 10:17; Eph 4:4 ↩
  42. 42. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself ↩
  43. 43. Ephesians 2:16 Eph 2:15 ↩
  44. 44. Ephesians 2:17 Is 57:19; Rom 10:14 ↩
  45. 45. Ephesians 2:17 Acts 10:36; Eph 2:14 ↩
  46. 46. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
  47. 47. Ephesians 2:17 Eph 2:13 ↩
  48. 48. Ephesians 2:18 Rom 5:2; Eph 3:12 ↩
  49. 49. Ephesians 2:18 1 Cor 12:13; Eph 4:4 ↩
  50. 50. Ephesians 2:18 Col 1:12 ↩
  51. 51. Ephesians 2:19 Eph 2:12; Heb 11:13; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
  52. 52. Ephesians 2:19 Phil 3:20; Heb 12:22f ↩
  53. 53. Ephesians 2:19 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  54. 54. Ephesians 2:19 Gal 6:10 ↩
  55. 55. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 3:9 ↩
  56. 56. Ephesians 2:20 Matt 16:18; 1 Cor 3:10; Rev 21:14 ↩
  57. 57. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 12:28; Eph 3:5 ↩
  58. 58. Ephesians 2:20 1 Cor 3:11 ↩
  59. 59. Ephesians 2:20 Ps 118:22; Luke 20:17 ↩
  60. 60. Ephesians 2:21 Eph 4:15f; Col 2:19 ↩
  61. 61. Ephesians 2:21 1 Cor 3:16f ↩
  62. 62. Ephesians 2:21 Or sanctuary ↩
  63. 63. Ephesians 2:22 1 Cor 3:9, 16; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
  64. 64. Ephesians 2:22 Eph 3:17 ↩

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