Ephesians · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
Ephesians 2 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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1 και υμασ οντασ νεκρουσ τοισ παραπτωμασιν και ταισ αμαρτιαισ
1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
2 εν αισ ποτε περιεπατησατε κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου κατα τον αρχοντα τησ εξουσιασ του αεροσ του πνευματοσ του νυν ενεργουντοσ εν τοισ υιοισ τησ απειθειασ
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
3 εν οισ και ημεισ παντεσ ανεστραφημεν ποτε εν ταισ επιθυμιαισ τησ σαρκοσ ημων ποιουντεσ τα θεληματα τησ σαρκοσ και των διανοιων και ημεν τεκνα φυσει οργησ ωσ και οι λοιποι
3 We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 ο δε θεοσ πλουσιοσ ων εν ελεει δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου ην ηγαπησεν ημασ
4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
5 και οντασ ημασ νεκρουσ τοισ παραπτωμασιν συνεζωοποιησεν τω χριστω χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
6 και συνηγειρεν και συνεκαθισεν εν τοισ επουρανιοισ εν χριστω ιησου
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 ινα ενδειξηται εν τοισ αιωσιν τοισ επερχομενοισ τον υπερβαλλοντα πλουτον τησ χαριτοσ αυτου εν χρηστοτητι εφ ημασ εν χριστω ιησου
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8 τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια τησ πιστεωσ και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων θεου το δωρον
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 ουκ εξ εργων ινα μη τισ καυχησηται
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
10 αυτου γαρ εσμεν ποιημα κτισθεντεσ εν χριστω ιησου επι εργοισ αγαθοισ οισ προητοιμασεν ο θεοσ ινα εν αυτοισ περιπατησωμεν
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
11 διο μνημονευετε οτι υμεισ ποτε τα εθνη εν σαρκι οι λεγομενοι ακροβυστια υπο τησ λεγομενησ περιτομησ εν σαρκι χειροποιητου
11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),
12 οτι ητε εν τω καιρω εκεινω χωρισ χριστου απηλλοτριωμενοι τησ πολιτειασ του ισραηλ και ξενοι των διαθηκων τησ επαγγελιασ ελπιδα μη εχοντεσ και αθεοι εν τω κοσμω
12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 νυνι δε εν χριστω ιησου υμεισ οι ποτε οντεσ μακραν εγγυσ εγενηθητε εν τω αιματι του χριστου
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
14 αυτοσ γαρ εστιν η ειρηνη ημων ο ποιησασ τα αμφοτερα εν και το μεσοτοιχον του φραγμου λυσασ
14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,
15 την εχθραν εν τη σαρκι αυτου τον νομον των εντολων εν δογμασιν καταργησασ ινα τουσ δυο κτιση εν εαυτω εισ ενα καινον ανθρωπον ποιων ειρηνην
15 having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,
16 και αποκαταλλαξη τουσ αμφοτερουσ εν ενι σωματι τω θεω δια του σταυρου αποκτεινασ την εχθραν εν αυτω
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
17 και ελθων ευηγγελισατο ειρηνην υμιν τοισ μακραν και τοισ εγγυσ
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
18 οτι δι αυτου εχομεν την προσαγωγην οι αμφοτεροι εν ενι πνευματι προσ τον πατερα
18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 αρα ουν ουκετι εστε ξενοι και παροικοι αλλα συμπολιται των αγιων και οικειοι του θεου
19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
20 εποικοδομηθεντεσ επι τω θεμελιω των αποστολων και προφητων οντοσ ακρογωνιαιου αυτου ιησου χριστου
20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
21 εν ω πασα οικοδομη συναρμολογουμενη αυξει εισ ναον αγιον εν κυριω
21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 εν ω και υμεισ συνοικοδομεισθε εισ κατοικητηριον του θεου εν πνευματι
22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Colossians 2:13; Ephesians 2:5–6; Colossians 3:1–4; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 4:18
- 2 Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 5:19; Ephesians 2:3; John 12:31; Colossians 3:6–7
- 3 Titus 3:3; Galatians 5:16–24; Ephesians 4:22; 1 Peter 1:14; Romans 13:14
- 4 1 Peter 1:3; Ephesians 1:7; Titus 3:4–7; Psalm 86:15; Romans 5:8
- 5 Romans 3:24; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 5:10; Romans 5:8; Acts 15:11
- 6 Colossians 3:1–3; Ephesians 1:3; Colossians 2:12–13; Romans 6:4–5; John 17:21–26
- 7 1 Timothy 1:16–17; Titus 3:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; Ephesians 2:4; Isaiah 60:15
- 8 Romans 3:22–26; Ephesians 2:5; Romans 4:16; John 1:12–13; Romans 10:17
- 9 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 11:6; Titus 3:3–5; Romans 9:16; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31
- 10 Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:10; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 9:8
- 11 Colossians 2:11; Colossians 2:13; Colossians 3:11; Romans 2:28–29; Galatians 6:12
- 12 Galatians 4:8; Colossians 1:21; 1 Peter 1:3; Jeremiah 31:31–34; 1 Thessalonians 4:13
- 13 Acts 2:39; Colossians 1:20–22; Colossians 1:13–14; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 14 Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:15; Colossians 3:11; Ephesians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
- 15 Colossians 2:14; Galatians 3:10; Colossians 1:21–22; Hebrews 8:13; Galatians 6:15
- 16 Colossians 1:20–22; Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Colossians 2:14; Galatians 2:20
- 17 Isaiah 57:19–21; Acts 10:36; Romans 5:1; Acts 2:39; Ephesians 2:13–14
- 18 Ephesians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 5:2; Ephesians 4:4; John 14:6
- 19 Philippians 3:20; 1 John 3:1; Galatians 6:10; Galatians 3:26–28; Ephesians 2:12
- 20 1 Peter 2:4–5; Isaiah 28:16; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Psalm 118:22; Ephesians 4:11–13
- 21 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 4:13–16; 1 Kings 6:7
- 22 1 Peter 2:4–5; 1 Corinthians 3:16; John 17:21–23; 1 John 4:16; John 14:17–23
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… dead, having loosed the bands of the grave." "In whom, though now ye see Him not, ye believe, and believing, rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;" into which joy many desire to enter, knowing that "by grace ye are saved, not of works," but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.
… and His subjection to death, he employs the name of Christ, as in that passage: "Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died." And again: "But now, in Christ, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." And again: "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a …
In Thy Church, therefore, O our God, according to Thy grace which Thou hast accorded unto it, since we are Thy workmanship created in good works, there are not only those who are spiritually set over, but those also who are spiritually subjected to those placed over them; for in this manner hast Thou made man, male and female, in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… a hedge; as the prophet saith: "Thou hast broken down her hedge, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck off her grapes:" and, "I have set a hedge about it:" and Paul, "Having broken down the middle wall of the hedge." But others say, that the saying, "Why was the hedge broken up for thee?" was …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For we are His workmanship, says the Apostle, created unto good works, which God afore prepared, that we should walk in them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)