Focused Passage

Ephesians 2:11-13

Made Alive by Grace and Made One in Christ

Paul moves from spiritual death to resurrection life by grace, then from covenant alienation to reconciled unity in Christ's one new people.

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11Therefore 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)—

12remember 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.

13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

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Verse 11

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ThereforeΔιὸG1352ConjunctionrememberμνημονεύετεG3421Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionformerlyποτὲG4218AdverbyouὑμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Pluralwho [are]τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralGentilesἔθνηG1484Noun - Nominative Neuter PluralinἐνG1722Preposition[the] fleshσαρκίG4561Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Plural[and] calledλεγόμενοιG3004Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluraluncircumcisedἀκροβυστίαG203Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularbyὑπὸG5259PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularso-calledλεγομένηςG3004Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Feminine SingularcircumcisionπεριτομῆςG4061Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular({that done} inἐνG1722Preposition[the] bodyσαρκὶG4561Noun - Dative Feminine Singularby human hands)χειροποιήτουG5499Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 12

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[remember] thatὅτιG3754ConjunctionatτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularthatἐκείνῳG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine SingulartimeκαιρῷG2540Noun - Dative Masculine Singularyou wereἦτεG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Pluralseparate fromχωρὶςG5565PrepositionChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularalienated fromἀπηλλοτριωμένοιG526Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularcommonwealthπολιτείαςG4174Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof IsraelἸσραὴλG2474Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionstrangersξένοιG3581Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralto theτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Feminine PluralcovenantsδιαθηκῶνG1242Noun - Genitive Feminine Pluralof theτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularpromiseἐπαγγελίαςG1860Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularwithoutμὴG3361Adverb. . .ἔχοντεςG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralhopeἐλπίδαG1680Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionwithout GodἄθεοιG112Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularworldκόσμῳG2889Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 13

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ButδὲG1161ConjunctionnowνυνὶG3570AdverbinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Dative Masculine SingularyouὑμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person PluralwhoοἵG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralonceποτεG4218ParticlewereὄντεςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralfar awayμακρὰνG3112Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singularhave been broughtἐγενήθητεG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person PluralnearἐγγὺςG1451AdverbthroughἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularbloodαἵματιG129Noun - Dative Neuter Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

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