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Ephesians 2

5 To magnify the grace of Christ, which is the only cause of salvation, 11 He sheweth them what manner of people thy were before their conversion, 18 And what they are now in Christ.
1.And *you that were dead in trespasses and sins,
2.Wherein, in time past ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the *aprince that ruleth in the air, even the spirit, that now worketh in the children of disobedience,
3.Among whom we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the mind, and were bby nature the children of wrath, as well as others.
4.But God which is rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith he loved us,
5.Even when we were dead by sins, hath quickened us ctogether ^in Christ , by whose grace ye are saved,
6.And hath draised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7.That he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace, through his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8.For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
9.Not of works, lest any man should boast himself.
10.For we are ehis workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ordained, that we should walk in them.
11.Wherefore fremember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, and called *uncircumcised of them, which are called circumcision in the flesh, made with hands,
12.That ye were, I say, at the time without Christ, and were alienates from the commonwealth of Israel, and were *strangers from the gcovenants of promise, and had no hhope, and were ^without God in the world.
13.But now in Christ Jesus, ye which once were far off, are made near by the blood of Christ.
14.For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the istop of the partition wall,
15.In aborgating through his kflesh the hatred, that is, the Law of commandments which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twain one new man in himself, so making peace,
16.And that he might reconcile both unto God in one lbody by his ^cross, and slay hatred thereby,
17.And came, and preached peace to you which were a far off, and to them that were near.
18.*For through him we both have an entrance unto the Father by one Spirit.
19.Now therefore ye are no more strangers & foreigners: but citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God,
20.And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,
21.In whom all the building coupled together, groweth unto an holie Temple in the Lord,
22.In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.

Notes

1-*.
Col. 2.13
2-*.
Chap. 6.12
2-a.
Meaning Satan.
3-b.
Not by creation, but by Adam’s transgression, and so by birth.
5-^.
Or, with Christ
5-c.
Both Jew and Gentile.
6-d.
We that are the members, are raised up from death and reign with our head Christ in heaven by faith.
10-e.
Here he means, as concerning grace, and not by nature.
11-*.
1 Sam. 17.26, Eze. 44.7
11-f.
He shows here that the further the Gentiles were off form the grace of God, the greater debtors they are now to the same.
12-*.
Rom. 9.4
12-^.
Or, Atheists.
12-g.
It was but one covenant, but because it was divers times confirmed and established, therefore here he calls them Covenants.
12-h.
Where no promise is, there is not hope.
14-i.
That is, the cause of the division that was between the Jews and the Gentiles.
15-k.
For in Christ all things were accomplished, which were prefigurate in the Law.
16-^.
Or, death.
16-l.
For of the Jews and the Gentiles he made one flock.
18-*.
Rom. 5.2