Ephesians #5
Ephesians 2:11-22
Peace with God; peace with man. All because of Jesus!
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Published August 14th, 2022
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We've been into intimate fellowship with God and all believers, all through the blood of Christ.
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Ephesians 2:11-22
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Therefore remember that
at one time
you Gentiles in the flesh,
called “the uncircumcision”
by what is called k the circumcision,
which is made
in the flesh
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remember l that you were at that time
separated from Christ,
m alienated from the commonwealth of Israel
and strangers to n the covenants of promise,
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o having no hope
and without God in the world.
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But now
in Christ Jesus
you who once were p far off have been brought near
q by the blood of Christ.
For r he himself is our peace,
s who has made us both one
and has broken down
t in his flesh
the dividing wall of hostility
by abolishing the law of commandments
expressed in u ordinances,
that he might create in himself one v new man in place of the two,
so making peace,
and might w reconcile us both to God
in one body
through the cross,
thereby killing the hostility.
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And he came
and x preached peace to you who were y far off
and peace to those who were z near.
For a through him we both have b access
in c one Spirit
to the Father.
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So then you are no longer d strangers
and aliens, 1
but you are e fellow citizens
with the saints
and f members of the household of God,
g built on the foundation of the h apostles
and prophets,
i Christ Jesus himself being j the cornerstone,
k in whom the whole structure,
being joined together,
grows into l a holy temple
in the Lord.
In him
m you also are being built together
n into a dwelling place for God
by 1 the Spirit.
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Ephesians 2:11-22
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles
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in the flesh,
Reference
called “the uncircumcision”
Distinction
by what is called the circumcision,
Agency
which is made
in the flesh
Locative
by hands—
at that time
Temporal
remember that you were ... separated
from Christ,
Separation
alienated
from the commonwealth
of Israel
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and strangers
to the covenants
of promise,
Content
having no hope
Result
and without God
in the world.
But now
in Christ Jesus
you who once were far off have been brought near
by the blood
of Christ.
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For he himself is our peace,
who has made us both one
in his flesh
and has broken down ... the dividing wall
of hostility
Producer
by abolishing the law
of commandments expressed
in ordinances,
Manner
in himself
in place of the two,
Substitution
so making peace,
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that he might create ... one new man ... ... and might reconcile us both
to God
in one body
through the cross,
thereby killing the hostility.
And he came and preached peace
to you who were far off
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and peace to those who were near.
For through him
we both have access
in one Spirit
to the Father.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,
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but you are fellow citizens ... and members
of the household
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of God,
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with the saints
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built on the foundation
of the apostles
and prophets,
Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
in whom the whole structure, ... grows
into a holy temple
in the Lord.
being joined together,
In him
also
Series
you ... are being built together
into a dwelling place
for God
by the Spirit.
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