Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Wherefore (dio). This conjunction applies to the Gentile Christians the arguments in Ephesians 2:1-10.
That aforetime ye (oti pote umeiv). No verb is expressed, but in verse Ephesians 2:12 Paul repeats oti en tw kairw ekeinw (for pote) "that at that time" and inserts hte (ye were).
Uncircumcision (akrobustia),
circumcision (peritomhv). The abstract words are used to describe Gentiles and Jews as in Galatians 5:6; Romans 2:27.
Made by hands (xeiropoihtou). Agreeing with peritomhv. Verbal (Mark 14:58) from xeiropoiew like axeiropoihtov in Colossians 2:11.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 2:11:
John 12:22
Acts 7:48
1 Corinthians 5:5
Philippians 3:3
Colossians 1:18
Colossians 2:11
1 Peter 1:18
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