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Ephesians 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:


Ephesians 2:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 2:1226 words
GreekMeaning
ὅτιhoti
forwordG3754
ἦτεēte
you wereverbG1510
τῷ
thearticleG3588
καιρῷkairō
timenounG2540
ἐκείνῳekeinō
that verydemonstrativeG1565
χωρὶςchōris
separate fromprepositionG5565
ΧριστοῦChristou
ChristnounG5547
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοιapēllotriōmenoi
alienatedverbG526
τῆςtēs
from thearticleG3588
πολιτείαςpoliteias
commonwealthnounG4174
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ἸσραὴλIsraēl
of IsraelnounG2474
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ξένοιxenoi
strangersadjectiveG3581
τῶνtōn
to thearticleG3588
διαθηκῶνdiathēkōn
covenantsnounG1242
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἐπαγγελίαςepangelias
promisenounG1860
ἐλπίδαelpida
hopenounG1680
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ἔχοντεςechontes
havingverbG2192
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἄθεοιatheoi
without GodadjectiveG112
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
κόσμῳkosmō
worldnounG2889
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:12

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 5 on Ephesians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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