Ephesians 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Without

Aliens

Ephesians 4:18

Hebrews 11:34

The covenants

Having

Bible References

Without

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.

And although you were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

"Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Therefore concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

What do I mean then? That a thing offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

not in the passion of lust like the heathen, who do not know God;

Aliens

they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to the hardness of their heart;

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, whose weakness was turned to strength, who became mighty in war, and put foreign armies to flight.

The covenants

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

Having

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Blessed be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and respect;

And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.