Ephesians 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:12

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

that ye 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.

KJV

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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 2:12 (420)

When he says "having no hope, without God in the world," he does not deny that the Ephesians had many gods before they believed in Christ. His point is that one who is without the true God has no god worthy of the name. And the next phrase, "without God in the world," is significant: The Gentiles in a sense already had God indeed in the form of anticipation, because God knew beforehand that he would have them. In God's foreknowledge they were never without God. But enmeshed in the world they were without God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Were at that time without Christ - Having no faith in, or knowledge of, him. Being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel - Both as to their temporal privileges and spiritual blessings. And strangers to the covenants of promise - The great promise in both the Jewish and Christian covenant was the Messiah.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A different Greek word (aneu) would be required to express, "Christ was not present with you" [TITTMANN]. aliens--Greek, "alienated from," not merely "separated from." The Israelites were cut off from the commonwealth of God, but it was as being self-righteous, indolent, and unworthy, not as aliens and strangers [CHRYSOSTOM].

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
ἦτε	ēte	you were	G1510 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
καιρῷ	kairō	time	G2540 →
ἐκείνῳ	ekeinō	that [very]	G1565 →
χωρὶς	chōris	separate from	G5565 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	Christ	G5547 →
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι	apēllotriōmenoi	alienated	G526 →
τῆς	tēs	from the	G3588 →
πολιτείας	politeias	commonwealth	G4174 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰσραὴλ	Israēl	of Israel	G2474 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ξένοι	xenoi	strangers	G3581 →
τῶν	tōn	to the	G3588 →
διαθηκῶν	diathēkōn	covenants	G1242 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἐπαγγελίας,	epangelias	promise,	G1860 →
ἐλπίδα	elpida	hope	G1680 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἔχοντες	echontes	having	G2192 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἄθεοι	atheoi	without God	G112 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
κόσμῳ·	kosmō	world;	G2889 →

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
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:23
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Titus 3:4–6
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Through
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Through
Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
leads to
- Titus 3:3–7
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Ephesians 2:1–3
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,