Ephesians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ephesians 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
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Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 Και εσάς όντας νεκρούς διά τας παραβάσεις και τας αμαρτίας εζωοποίησεν,
1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
1 Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασι καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις,
2 εις τας οποίας περιεπατήσατέ ποτέ κατά το πολίτευμα του κόσμου τούτου, κατά τον άρχοντα της εξουσίας του αέρος, του πνεύματος το οποίον ενεργεί την σήμερον εις τους υιούς της απειθείας·
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.
2 ἐν αἷς ποτε περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, κατὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας·
3 μεταξύ των οποίων και ημείς πάντες ανεστράφημέν ποτέ κατά τας επιθυμίας της σαρκός ημών, πράττοντες τα θελήματα της σαρκός και των διαλογισμών, και ήμεθα εκ φύσεως τέκνα οργής, ως και οι λοιποί·
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.
3 ἐν οἷς καὶ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἀνεστράφημέν ποτε ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν, ποιοῦντες τὰ θελήματα τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ τῶν διανοιῶν, καὶ ἦμεν τέκνα φύσει ὀργῆς, ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί· —
4 ο Θεός όμως πλούσιος ων εις έλεος, διά την πολλήν αγάπην αυτού με την οποίαν ηγάπησεν ημάς,
4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
4 ὁ δὲ Θεὸς πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς,
5 και ενώ ήμεθα νεκροί διά τα αμαρτήματα, εζωοποίησεν ημάς μετά του Χριστού· κατά χάριν είσθε σεσωσμένοι·
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
5 καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασι συνεζωοποίησε τῷ Χριστῷ· χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι·
6 και συνανέστησε και συνεκάθισεν εν τοις επουρανίοις διά Ιησού Χριστού,
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
6 καὶ συνήγειρε καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
7 διά να δείξη εις τους επερχομένους αιώνας τον υπερβάλλοντα πλούτον της χάριτος αυτού διά της προς ημάς αγαθότητος εν Χριστώ Ιησού.
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
7 ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
8 Διότι κατά χάριν είσθε σεσωσμένοι διά της πίστεως· και τούτο δεν είναι από σας, Θεού το δώρον·
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
8 τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον,
9 ουχί εξ έργων, διά να μη καυχηθή τις.
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
9 οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται.
10 Διότι αυτού ποίημα είμεθα, κτισθέντες εν Χριστώ Ιησού προς έργα καλά, τα οποία προητοίμασεν ο Θεός διά να περιπατήσωμεν εν αυτοίς.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
10 αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
11 Διά τούτο ενθυμείσθε ότι σεις οι ποτέ εθνικοί κατά σάρκα, οι λεγόμενοι ακροβυστία υπό της λεγομένης περιτομής της χειροποιήτου εν τη σαρκί,
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),
11 Διὸ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ὑμεῖς ποτε τὰ ἔθνη ἐν σαρκί, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὑπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ χειροποιήτου,
12 ότι ήσθε εν τω καιρώ εκείνω χωρίς Χριστού, απηλλοτριωμένοι από της πολιτείας του Ισραήλ και ξένοι των διαθηκών της επαγγελίας, ελπίδα μη έχοντες και όντες εν τω κόσμω χωρίς Θεού.
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.
12 ὅτι ἦτε ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ χωρὶς Χριστοῦ, ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες καὶ ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.
13 Τώρα όμως διά του Ιησού Χριστού σεις οι ποτέ όντες μακράν εγείνετε πλησίον διά του αίματος του Χριστού.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
13 νυνὶ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθητε ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
14 Διότι αυτός είναι η ειρήνη ημών, όστις έκαμε τα δύο εν και έλυσε το μεσότοιχον του φραγμού,
14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,
14 αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἓν καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας,
15 καταργήσας την έχθραν εν τη σαρκί αυτού, τον νόμον των εντολών των εν τοις διατάγμασι, διά να κτίση εις εαυτόν τους δύο εις ένα νέον άνθρωπον, φέρων ειρήνην,
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,
15 τὴν ἔχθραν, ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι καταργήσας, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν ἑαυτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιῶν εἰρήνην,
16 και να συνδιαλλάξη αμφοτέρους εις εν σώμα προς τον Θεόν διά του σταυρού, θανατώσας δι' αυτού την έχθραν.
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
16 καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ·
17 Και ελθών εκήρυξεν ευαγγέλιον ειρήνης εις εσάς τους μακράν και εις τους πλησίον,
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
17 καὶ ἐλθὼν εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην ὑμῖν τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς,
18 διότι δι' αυτού έχομεν αμφότεροι την είσοδον προς τον Πατέρα δι' ενός Πνεύματος.
18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
18 ὅτι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν οἱ ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα.
19 Άρα λοιπόν δεν είσθε πλέον ξένοι και πάροικοι αλλά συμπολίται των αγίων και οικείοι του Θεού,
19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
19 ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ,
20 εποικοδομηθέντες επί το θεμέλιον των αποστόλων και προφητών, όντος ακρογωνιαίου λίθου αυτού του Ιησού Χριστού·
20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
20 ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
21 εν τω οποίω πάσα η οικοδομή συναρμολογουμένη αυξάνεται εις ναόν άγιον εν Κυρίω·
21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
21 ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ·
22 εν τω οποίω και σεις συνοικοδομείσθε εις κατοικητήριον του Θεού διά του Πνεύματος.
22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
22 ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδομεῖσθε εἰς κατοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι.
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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… 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)