Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Ephesians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:11 JFB -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:11 PNT -> Commentary on 2:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:11 TSK -> Commentary on 2:11 TSK -> Entry for 2:11 WEN -> Notes on 2:11 NTB -> Circumcision; Depravity Of Man; Uncircumcision TTT -> Circumcision; Gentiles; Jews, The EBD -> Church 2:11 - [In Context] You were born non-Jews. You are the people the Jews call "uncircumcised. F8 " Those Jews who call you "uncircumcised" call themselves "circumcised. F9 " (Their circumcision F10 is only something they themselves do on their bodies.)
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:12 JFB -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:12 PNT -> Commentary on 2:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:12 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:12 TSK -> Commentary on 2:12 TSK -> Entry for 2:12 WEN -> Notes on 2:12 NTB -> Depravity Of Man; Gentiles; Hope; Naturalization; Wicked (People) TTT -> Covenants; Covenant, The; Gentiles; Heathen, The; Hope; Promises of God, The EBD -> Alien; Church; Ephesians, Epistle to; Hope; Philippians, Epistle to 2:12 - [In Context] Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. F11 And you did not have the agreements F12 with the promise {that God made to his people}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:13 JFB -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:13 PNT -> Commentary on 2:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:13 TSK -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Entry for 2:13 WEN -> Notes on 2:13 NTB -> Atonement; Blood; God; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Wicked (People) TTT -> Access to God; Atonement, The; Christ, the Mediator; Peace-offerings; Reconciliation with God; Temple, The Second EBD -> Church; Ephesians, Epistle to 2:13 - [In Context] Yes, at one time you were far away {from God}. But now in Christ Jesus you are brought near to him. You are brought near {to God} through the blood (death) of Christ.
FOOTNOTES: F8: uncircumcised   People not having the mark of circumcision like the Jews have. F9: circumcised   People having the mark of circumcision. F10: circumcision   Cutting off the foreskin. This was done to every Jewish baby boy. It was a mark of the agreement God made with Abraham. Read Gen. 17:9-14. F11: Israel   The Jewish nation (people). F12: agreements   The agreements that God gave to his people in the Old Testament.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.