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Ephesians 2:1-22 (GN)

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¹ In the past you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sins. ² At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God. ³ Actually all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds. In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God's anger. ⁴ But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great, ⁵ that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved. ⁶ In our union with Christ Jesus he raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world. ⁷ He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it. ⁹ (SEE 2:8) ¹⁰ God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do. ¹¹ You Gentiles by birth---called "the uncircumcised" by the Jews, who call themselves the circumcised (which refers to what men do to their bodies)---remember what you were in the past. ¹² At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God. ¹³ But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used to be far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For Christ himself has brought us peace by making Jews and Gentiles one people. With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies. ¹⁵ He abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules, in order to create out of the two races one new people in union with himself, in this way making peace. ¹⁶ By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God. ¹⁷ So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all---to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him. ¹⁸ It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father. ¹⁹ So then, you Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now citizens together with God's people and members of the family of God. ²⁰ You, too, are built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus himself. ²¹ He is the one who holds the whole building together and makes it grow into a sacred temple dedicated to the Lord. ²² In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Dead in sin, alive in Christ
(v. 2) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Dead in sin, alive in Christ
(v. 3) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Dead in sin, alive in Christ
(v. 4) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Dead in sin, alive in Christ
(v. 5) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Dead in sin, alive in Christ
(v. 8) Grace - Saved by grace
(v. 9) Grace - Saved by grace
(v. 14) Peace - Jesus is our peace
(v. 19) Church - Christ Jesus is the chief cornerstone
(v. 20) Church - Christ Jesus is the chief cornerstone
(v. 21) Church - Christ Jesus is the chief cornerstone
(v. 22) Church - Christ Jesus is the chief cornerstone

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 8) Can anyone be saved by his own works? Grace is not from works

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 1) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 1) Our worst, His best (2010-06-29)
(v. 2) Our worst, His best (2010-06-29)
(v. 2) Names of Satan (part V) (2011-05-18)
(v. 2) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 2) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 2) Names of Satan (part VI) (2011-05-19)
(v. 3) Fearing God - Turning Aside Wrath (2011-08-30)
(v. 3) Our worst, His best (2010-06-29)
(v. 3) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 3) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 4) Our worst, His best (2010-06-29)
(v. 4) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 4) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 5) Waking Dead - Life to the Full (2010-08-23)
(v. 5) Our worst, His best (2010-06-29)
(v. 5) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 5) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 6) Blessings In Christ (part V) (2012-03-09)
(v. 6) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 7) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 8) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 8) Man of Prayer - Experiencing Forgiveness (2008-10-28)
(v. 8) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 8) Grace (part III) (2011-11-27)
(v. 9) Grace (part III) (2011-11-27)
(v. 9) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 9) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 10) Grace (part III) (2011-11-27)
(v. 10) Day 12 - Doing Good Things (2011-12-15)
(v. 10) Purpose Driven Life - Shaped for Serving God (2008-06-27)
(v. 10) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 10) Purpose Driven Life - Accepting Your Assignment (2008-06-24)
(v. 10) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 11) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 12) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 13) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 14) One Another - Reconciling with One Another (part 1) (2010-02-21)
(v. 14) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 14) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 14) Man of Prayer - YHWH-shalom (2008-10-13)
(v. 15) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 15) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 16) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 16) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 16) One Another - Reconciling with One Another (part 1) (2010-02-21)
(v. 17) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 17) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 18) Blessings In Christ (part I) (2012-03-05)
(v. 18) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 19) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 19) Names of the Church (part IV) (2011-04-28)
(v. 19) Followup: Relationships in the Body (part I) (2011-09-14)
(v. 19) Names of the Believers (part VI) (2011-05-06)
(v. 19) Church (part II) (2011-01-08)
(v. 20) Church (part II) (2011-01-08)
(v. 20) Followup: Relationships in the Body (part I) (2011-09-14)
(v. 20) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 21) Followup: Relationships in the Body (part I) (2011-09-14)
(v. 21) Church (part II) (2011-01-08)
(v. 21) The Church - Kansas City (part I) (2011-02-21)
(v. 22) Names of the Church (part III) (2011-04-27)
(v. 22) Followup: Relationships in the Body (part I) (2011-09-14)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 2) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 3) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 4) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 4) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 5) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 5) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 6) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 6) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 7) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 7) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 8) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 8) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 8) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 9) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 9) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 9) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 10) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 10) Bible Talk: Thankfulness (2011-11-17)
(v. 10) Sermon: Before and After (2015-09-13)
(v. 11) Bible Talk: The First Thanksgiving (2014-11-21)
(v. 12) Bible Talk: The First Thanksgiving (2014-11-21)
(v. 13) Bible Talk: The First Thanksgiving (2014-11-21)
(v. 19) Sermon: Galatians Study #1 (2009-03-01)
(v. 20) Sermon: Galatians Study #1 (2009-03-01)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):