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Ephesians 2

Eph. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
now
nuni (Greek #3570)
just now
KJV usage: now.
Pronounce: noo-nee'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3568 for emphasis
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
ye
humeis (Greek #5210)
you (as subjective of verb)
KJV usage: ye (yourselves), you.
Pronounce: hoo-mice'
Origin: irregular plural of 4771
who
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
sometimes
pote (Greek #4218)
indefinite adverb, at some time, ever
KJV usage: afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the last), (+ n- )ever, in the old time, in time past, once, when.
Pronounce: pot-eh'
Origin: from the base of 4225 and 5037
were
on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
far off
makran (Greek #3112)
at a distance (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
Pronounce: mak-ran'
Origin: feminine accusative case singular of 3117 (3598 being implied)
are made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
nigh
eggus (Greek #1451)
near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
KJV usage: from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.
Pronounce: eng-goos'
Origin: from a primary verb ἄγχω (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of 43)
by
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the blood
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
haima (Greek #129)
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
KJV usage: blood.
Pronounce: hah'-ee-mah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
u of Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
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were.
Eph. 2:12,17,19‑22• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
17and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh.
19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
(Eph. 2:12,17,19‑22)
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Eph. 3:5‑8• 5which in other generations has not been made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the power of the Spirit,
6that they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus by the glad tidings;
7of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.
8To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
(Eph. 3:5‑8)
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Psa. 22:7• 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying: (Psa. 22:7)
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Psa. 73:27• 27For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee. (Psa. 73:27)
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Isa. 11:10• 10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory. (Isa. 11:10)
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Isa. 24:15‑16• 15Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
16From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
(Isa. 24:15‑16)
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Isa. 43:6• 6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth, (Isa. 43:6)
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Isa. 49:12• 12Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. (Isa. 49:12)
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Isa. 57:19• 19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:19)
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Isa. 60:4,9• 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.
9For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
(Isa. 60:4,9)
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Isa. 66:19• 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations. (Isa. 66:19)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit. (Jer. 16:19)
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Acts 2:39• 39For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call. (Acts 2:39)
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Acts 15:14• 14Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name. (Acts 15:14)
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Acts 22:21• 21And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off. (Acts 22:21)
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Acts 26:18• 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:18)
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Rom. 15:8‑12• 8For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;
9and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name.
10And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.
11And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him.
12And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope.
(Rom. 15:8‑12)
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Eph. 2:16• 16and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; (Eph. 2:16)
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Eph. 1:7• 7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace; (Eph. 1:7)
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Rom. 3:23‑30• 23for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
25whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
26for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus.
27Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by law of faith;
28for we reckon that a man is justified by faith, without works of law.
29Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:
30since indeed it is one God who shall justify the circumcision on the principle of faith, and uncircumcision by faith.
(Rom. 3:23‑30)
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Rom. 5:9‑10• 9Much rather therefore, having been now justified in the power of his blood, we shall be saved by him from wrath.
10For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life.
(Rom. 5:9‑10)
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1 Cor. 6:11• 11And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:11)
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2 Cor. 5:20‑21• 20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.
21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him.
(2 Cor. 5:20‑21)
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Col. 1:13‑14,21‑22• 13who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;
21And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled
22in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,
(Col. 1:13‑14,21‑22)
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Heb. 9:18• 18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood. (Heb. 9:18)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ,
(1 Peter 1:18‑19)
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1 Peter 3:18• 18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, (Rev. 5:9)
 Nor is it only what we shall be by and by, but what we are now. We are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (Remarks on Ephesians 2:11-22 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.

W. Kelly Translation

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but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ.