Ephesians 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:11

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

KJV

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;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 2:12 (420)

By calling the Ephesians "Gentiles in the flesh," he shows that in the spirit they are not Gentiles, just as conversely the Jews are Gentiles in spirit and Israelites in the flesh.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Who were accordingly called the uncircumcision - By way of reproach. By that which is called the circumcision - By those who call themselves the circumcised, and think this a proof that they are the people of God; and who indeed have that outward circumcision which is performed by hands in the flesh.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Greek order in the oldest manuscripts is, "That in time past (literally, once) ye," &c. Such remembrance sharpens gratitude and strengthens faith (Eph 2:19) [BENGEL].

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Διὸ	Dio	Therefore	G1352 →
μνημονεύετε	mnēmoneuete	do remember	G3421 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ποτὲ	pote	formerly	G4218 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	Gentiles	G1484 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
σαρκί,	sarki	[the] flesh,	G4561 →
οἱ	hoi	the ones	G3588 →
λεγόμενοι	legomenoi	being named	G3004 →
ἀκροβυστία	akrobustia	[the] uncircumcision	G203 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τῆς	tēs	which	G3588 →
λεγομένης	legomenēs	is being named	G3004 →
περιτομῆς	peritomēs	[the] circumcision	G4061 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
σαρκὶ	sarki	[the] flesh	G4561 →
χειροποιήτου,	cheiropoiētou	made by hands —	G5499 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
leads to
- Galatians 3:28–29
  There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
  For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- Romans 10:12
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Ephesians 3:6
  This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 1:23
  which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Through
Colossians 2:11
In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
leads to
- Romans 2:29
  No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come…
- Philippians 3:3
  For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Through
Colossians 2:13
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
leads to
- Ephesians 2:5–6
  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!