You Gentiles. "To strengthen your sense of God's goodness in saving you, and to show you the obligation that this salvation places on you to live a life of good works, I ask you to remember what you were in the past. The Jews despised you and called you the uncircumcised! But of course they were wrong to boast about something done by men themselves on their own bodies."
Verse 11. _WHEREFORE REMEMBER_] That ye may ever see and feel your obligations to live a pure and holy life, and be unfeignedly _thankful_ to God for your salvation, remember that ye _were once_ _hea...
WHEREFORE REMEMBER - The design of this evidently is, to excite a sense of gratitude in their bosoms for that mercy which had called them from the errors and sins of their former lives, to the privile...
3. THE MYSTERY MADE KNOWN Chapter S 2:11-3:21 _ 1. The condition of the Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11)_ 2. But now in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:13) 3. The new and great relationship (Ephesians 2
THE GENTILE IS NOW ONE WITH THE JEW IN GOD'S NEW MAN, AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF GOD'S TEMPLE. Those who, like the readers, were once Gentiles, are especially bound to remember the condition from which t...
So then remember, that once, as far as human descent goes, you were Gentiles; you were called the uncircumcision by those who laid claim to that circumcision which is a physical thing, and a thing pro...
THE CHRISTLESS LIFE AND THE GRACE OF GOD (Ephesians 2:1-10)...
So then remember, that once, as far as human descent goes, you were Gentiles; you were called the uncircumcision by those who laid claim to that circumcision which is a physical thing, and a thing pro...
UNCIRCUMCISION. See Romans 2:25. BY. App-104. THE. Omit. MADE BY HANDS. Greek. _cheiropoietos._ In the Epp. only here and Hebrews 9:11; Hebrews 9:24. Made Jews by _rite_. Compare...
ΔΙῸ with reference to the whole preceding paragraph. ΜΝΗΜΟΝΕΎΕΤΕ. There is a striking parallel (noticed by G. H. Whitaker) between this appeal and the appeal to Israel in Deuteronomy 5:15, &c. (cf. al...
Ephesians 2:15. ΚΑΤΑΡΓΉΣΑΣ אAB &c. καταρτίσας D*. Ephesians 2:21. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΟἸΚΟΔΟΜῊ א*BDG _al_ Clem Orig Chrys. πᾶσα ἡ οἰκ. א*ACP _al mult_. Ephesians 3:5. Τ. ἉΓΊΟΙΣ�. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΑΙΣ אAC &c.
ΔΙΌ (G1352) следовательно, ΜΝΗΜΟΝΕΎΕΤΕ _praes. act. imper. от_ ΜΝΗΜΟΝΕΎΩ (G3421) помнить. Это слово обозначает покаяние, решимость и благодарность (Barth). ΌΤ (G3754) что, указывает на содержание то...
_EPHESIANS 2:11_.— From the foregoing doctrine, that God, of his free grace, according to his purpose from the beginning, had quickened and raised the convert Gentiles together with Christ, and seated...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 2:11-22) D. Once aliens, now fellow-citizens with the saints. Ephesians 2:11-22. (This section is addressed to Gentile Christians, Ephesians 2:11.)
Their former state...
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; WHEREFORE - since God has ma...
1 Compare the condition of the two classes with that of the individual believer in Rom_6:2. Such as have "died to sin" "together with Christ", "are vivified together with Him", and "are reckoning them...
GENTILES AND JEWS ARE NOW ONE IN CHIRST 1-10. Further illustration of God'S power. He raised both Gentiles and Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ's side....
IN THE FLESH] repeated for emphasis; it was in the flesh that the difference between Jew and Gentile was marked. CALLED] NOT contemptuous in either place; not' so-called.' The distinction was real eno...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 2 2:1-10 ~ *SALVATION BY *GRACE 2:1-3 ~ OUR PAST LIFE V1 In past days, you were *spiritually dead be...
GENTILES IN THE FLESH — _i.e.,_ not having the bodily impress of circumcision, sealing the Jewish covenant. WHO ARE CALLED UNCIRCUMCISION BY THAT WHICH IS CALLED THE CIRCUMCISION. — The use of the phr...
CHAPTER 9 THE FAR AND NEAR Ephesians 2:11 The apostle's "Wherefore" sums up for his readers the record of their salvation rehearsed in the previous verses. "You were buried in your sins, sunk in the...
Διὸ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ὑμεῖς ποτὲ : _Wherefore remember that aforetime ye_. The order of the TR, ὑμεῖς ποτέ, is supported by such authorities as [141] 3 [142] 3 [143] (with οἱ before ποτέ), Syr.-Harcl.,...
The second half of this chapter makes a paragraph by itself. Its subject is the case of those Gentile believers whom Paul has immediately in view their heathen past and their Christian present. They a...
RECONCILED AND UNITED BY THE CROSS Ephesians 2:11 The state of the unconverted must be described by a series of negations. Shut the sun out of the world, love out of the home, liberty out of the stat...
The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God,...
The Gentiles' Condition Without Christ Anyone who has been converted as an adult, especially if he lived a very wicked life, would do well from time to time to think back to the life he led prior to b...
(10) Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are (k) called Uncircumcision by that which is (l) called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (10) Applying t...
Be mindful that as for you, who are Gentiles, who were called an uncircumcised people by the circumcised Jews, that you were without Christ, without the hopes or expectation of the Messias, alienated...
(11) В¶ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (12) That at that time...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
Grace That Unifies I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Chapter one of Ephesians, Paul told us in verse 6 that Jesus has "made us accepted in the beloved." 1. And we talked about the Greek...
11._Wherefore remember. _The apostle never once loses sight of his subject, marks it out clearly, and pursues it with increasing earnestness. He again exhorts the Ephesians to remember what their char...
In Chapter 2 [4] the operation of the power of God on earth, for the purpose of bringing souls into the enjoyment of their heavenly privileges, and thus of forming the assembly here below, is presente...
WHEREFORE REMEMBER, THAT YE BE IN TIME PAST GENTILES IN THE FLESH,.... This, with what follows in the next verse, the apostle puts the converted Ephesians in mind of, in order to magnify the grace of...
Wherefore remember, that ye _being_ in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; Ver. 11. _Who are called unc...
_Wherefore_ To increase your sense of God's goodness in saving you, and of the obligation he hath thereby laid on you to do good works; _remember that ye being in time past Gentiles_ Ignorant, vicious...
REMEMBER; the apostle affectionately reminds the gentile converts of the unspeakable gift they have received in being introduced, through Christ, into his church. GENTILES IN THE FLESH; in contrast w...
A special reminder to the Gentile Christians:...
WHEREFORE, REMEMBER THAT YE, BEING IN TIME PAST GENTILES IN THE FLESH, WHO ARE CALLED UNCIRCUMCISION BY THAT WHICH IS CALLED THE CIRCUMCISION IN THE FLESH MADE BY HANDS,...
BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH (vs.1-10) The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad state to...
CHAPTER 2 Before we can fully understand the _________ we have in Christ, we must understand our condition of our __________ without Christ. God has ____________ us. This word means that God has mad...
“WHEREFORE REMEMBER, THAT ONCE YE, THE GENTILES IN THE FLESH, WHO ARE CALLED UNCIRCUMCISION BY THAT WHICH IS CALLED CIRCUMCISION, IN THE FLESH, MADE BY HANDS” “Wherefore remember”: “Paul was asking th...
11-13 Christ and his covenant are the foundation of all the Christian's hopes. A sad and terrible description is here; but who is able to remove himself out of it? Would that this were not a true des...
IN THE FLESH; either: 1. Carnal, unregenerate, as ROMANS 8:8,9. Or rather: 2. Uncircumcised in the flesh, as well as in heart, EZEKIEL 44:7; such as neither had the grace signified, nor the sign repr...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII To illustrate: the noble apostle circumcised Timothy, though loudly declaring and writing that circumcision made with hands profits nothing.[80] Tertullian Ag...
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THEY ARE TO REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE ONCE EXCLUDED FROM ISRAEL AND THE PROMISES BUT ARE NOW MADE ONE WITH THE TRUE ISRAEL; THEY ARE NOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD (2:11-3:12) Paul here goes on to point out that...
‘Wherefore remember, that previously you were the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands, that at that time you were separ...
2. _Redemption in Christ as Reconciliation between Jew and Gentile_, _because both are reconciled with God._ The Apostle bases upon his previous statement (especially Ephesians 2:1-7) an exhortation t...
Ephesians 2:11. WHEREFORE. Since you have been blessed, as set forth in Ephesians 2:1-7, ‘the declaratory portion of the foregoing paragraph' (Ellicott). REMEMBER. The exhortation, as is evident, is...
WHEREFORE (διο). This conjunction applies to the Gentile Christians the arguments in Ephesians 2:1-10.THAT AFORETIME YE (οτ ποτε υμεις). No verb is expressed, but in verse Ephesians 2:12 Paul repe...
Ephesians 2:11 Judaism and Christianity. I. To Paul the moral confusion and the religious desolation of the Gentiles were appalling. He believed that they were enduring the just penalties of their ow...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you he hath quickened._ Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? Ephesians 2:1. _Who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ Look back to what you used to be, to the h...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_ You, who were by nature dead are now made alive unto God by the holy Spirit. If you had nothing else to think of, all day long, but just these five words,...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_ Is it so? Can anyone lay his hand on your shoulder, and say right into your ear, «You hath he quickened»? If so, why this deadness of spirit? Why this worl...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ Then you owe your very life to him. You were dead, you were like a corrupt carcass, but his life has been breathed in...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;_ What a great change, then, has taken place in the people of God! It is described as being similar to the resurrection...
Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:_ These were your grave clothes. You were wrapped up in them. Nay, this was your sarcophagus. You were shut up in it, a...
CONTENTS: Method of Gentile salvation. Jew and Gentile made one body in Christ, a habitation of God through the Spirit. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: A state of sin apart from Christ, is a sta...
Ephesians 2:1. _You hath he quickened._ The word quickened is not in the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it, th...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 2:11 Unity and the Peace of Christ. Paul continues the new creation theme he introduced in v. Ephesians 2:10. The focus shifts from G
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:11. WHEREFORE REMEMBER, THAT YE, ETC.—All that follows in the verse serves to define the “ye,” the verb following in Ephesians 2:12 after the repeated “ye”...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 2:1 SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE EPHESIANS. This passage corresponds to Genesis 1:1. It is a history of creation, and we note the same great stages. 1. C
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter. Paul is going to talk about someone tonight...very interesting. You! Well, at least you are interested in the subject. For many of you...
1 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36;...
Uncircumcision - circumcision. Abstract for concrete terms, the uncircumcised and circumcised. Which is called. Notice the irony, giving back the called of the circumcised....
GRACE IN OPERATION Ephesians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We know of no Scripture which more beautifully sets forth God's grace than Ephesians, chapter 2. The chapter begins with what we were in our sins....
A GOD-PLANNED LIFE Ephesians 2:8; _Romans 12:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read of Epaphras that he prayed for the saints that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. The will of G...
Wherefore remember — Such a remembrance strengthens faith, and increases gratitude. That ye being formerly gentiles in the flesh — Neither circumcised in body nor in spirit. Who were accordingly calle...
Our apostle doth two things in these two verses, namely, 1. He calls upon the Ephesians to remember their former miserable condition before conversion, when they were in their heathen and unregenerate...