“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;”
Therefore, remember that formerly you, who are Gentiles by birth and called 'uncircumcised' by those who call themselves 'the circumcision' (that done in the body by human hands) — the Gentile addressees are reminded of their former status: akrobystia ('uncircumcision,' both physical and metaphorical), a term of contempt in Jewish discourse, set against peritomē ('circumcision'), the covenant mark and badge of Jewish election.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:11
There are many things to show the loving-kindness of God. First, the fact, that by Himself He has saved us, and by Himself through such a method as this. Secondly, that He has saved us, as being what we were. Thirdly, that He has exalted us to the place where we are. For all these things both contain in themselves the greatest demonstration of His loving-kindness, and they are the very subjects which Paul is now agitating in his Epistle. He had been saying, that when we were…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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