Ephesians 2:11

Ephesians 2:11

9 not of ^aworks, lest anyone should ^bboast.

10 For we are ^aHis workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Brought Near by His Blood

11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called ^athe Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—

12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Christ Our Peace

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one ^anew man from the two, thus making peace,

16 and that He might ^areconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby ^bputting to death the enmity.

17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

18 For ^athrough Him we both have access ^bby one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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The Greek order in the oldest manuscripts is, "That in time past (literally, once) ye," etc. Such remembrance sharpens gratitude and strengthens faith (Ephesians 2:19) [BENGEL].

Gentiles in the flesh—that is, Gentiles in respect to circumcision.

called Uncircumcision—The Gentiles were called (in contempt), and were, the Uncircumcision; the Jews were called, but were not truly, the Circumcision [ELLICOTT].

in the flesh made by hands—as opposed to the true "circumcision of the heart in the Spirit, and not the letter" (Romans 2:29), "made without the hands in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ" (Colossians 2:11).

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