Among them [a]we too all (A)previously lived in (B)the lusts of our flesh, [b]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the [c]mind, and were (C)by nature (D)children of wrath, (E)just as the rest.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing
  3. Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts

Among them [a]we too all (A)previously lived in (B)the lusts of our flesh, [b]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the [c]mind, and were (C)by nature (D)children of wrath, (E)just as the rest.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing
  3. Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts

For (A)by grace you have been saved (B)through faith; and [a]this is not of yourselves, it is (C)the gift of God; (D)not a result of works, so that (E)no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, (F)created in (G)Christ Jesus for (H)good works, which God (I)prepared beforehand so that we would (J)walk in them.

11 Therefore remember that (K)previously (L)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “(M)Uncircumcision” by the so-called “(N)Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, [b](O)excluded from [c]the people of Israel, and strangers to (P)the covenants of the promise, having (Q)no hope and (R)without God in the world. 13 But now in (S)Christ Jesus you who (T)previously were (U)far away [d]have (V)been brought near [e](W)by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is (X)our peace, (Y)who made both groups into one and broke down the [f]barrier of the dividing wall, 15 [g]by (Z)abolishing [h]in His flesh the hostility, which is (AA)the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might [i](AB)make the two (AC)one new person, in this way establishing (AD)peace; 16 and that He might (AE)reconcile them both in (AF)one body to God through the cross, [j]by it having (AG)put to death the hostility.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:8 I.e., this salvation
  2. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated
  3. Ephesians 2:12 Or citizenship in Israel
  4. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made
  5. Ephesians 2:13 Or in
  6. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier
  7. Ephesians 2:15 Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law
  8. Ephesians 2:15 I.e., by His death
  9. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create
  10. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself

For (A)by grace you have been saved (B)through faith; and [a]this is not of yourselves, it is (C)the gift of God; (D)not a result of works, so that (E)no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, (F)created in (G)Christ Jesus for (H)good works, which God (I)prepared beforehand so that we would (J)walk in them.

11 Therefore remember that (K)previously (L)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “(M)Uncircumcision” by the so-called “(N)Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, [b](O)excluded from [c]the people of Israel, and strangers to (P)the covenants of the promise, having (Q)no hope and (R)without God in the world. 13 But now in (S)Christ Jesus you who (T)previously were (U)far away [d]have (V)been brought near [e](W)by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is (X)our peace, (Y)who made both groups into one and broke down the [f]barrier of the dividing wall, 15 [g]by (Z)abolishing [h]in His flesh the hostility, which is (AA)the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might [i](AB)make the two (AC)one new person, in this way establishing (AD)peace; 16 and that He might (AE)reconcile them both in (AF)one body to God through the cross, [j]by it having (AG)put to death the hostility.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:8 I.e., this salvation
  2. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated
  3. Ephesians 2:12 Or citizenship in Israel
  4. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made
  5. Ephesians 2:13 Or in
  6. Ephesians 2:14 Lit the dividing wall of the barrier
  7. Ephesians 2:15 Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law
  8. Ephesians 2:15 I.e., by His death
  9. Ephesians 2:15 Lit create
  10. Ephesians 2:16 Or in Himself

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