Ephesians 2:19

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:19

19. Now, therefore—rather, "So then" [ALFORD]. foreigners—rather, "sojourners"; opposed to "members of the household," as "strangers" is to "fellow citizens." Philippians 3:19; Philippians 3:20, "conversation," Greek, "citizenship." but—The oldest manuscripts add, "are." with the saints—"the commonwealth of (spiritual) Israel" (Philippians 3:20- :). of God—THE FATHER; as JESUS CHRIST appears in Philippians 3:20- :, and THE SPIRIT in Ephesians 2:22. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-19

B. Corporate calling 2:11-3:19New spiritual life does not just mean that we have experienced regeneration individually. Additionally God brings every Christian into union with every other Christian. In Christ we have solidarity with other believers as well as solidarity with God. Paul next explained this corporate aspect of our being in Christ.". . . a major focus of this letter and of the Prison Epistles in general is the corporate nature of those who are in the body of Christ. Believers do... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:11-22

1. Present ministry 2:11-22The apostle first stated the reality of the union of all believers in Christ (Ephesians 2:11-13). Then he explained what this involves (Ephesians 2:14-18). Finally he described the consequences of this union (Ephesians 2:19-22). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:19

Because of this union Christians are no longer strangers (foreigners) and aliens in relation to believers of former ages. They are fellow citizens with all the saints, namely, believers who lived before Pentecost. Elsewhere Paul spoke of the local church as a household (1 Timothy 3:15), but here the household in view is all believers of all ages. [Note: See Hoehner, Ephesians, pp. 395-96.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 2:19-22

The consequences of Gentile believers’ union with Jewish believers 2:19-22 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

Gentiles and Jews are now One in Chirst1-10. Further illustration of God’s power. He raised both Gentiles and Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ’s side.2. The prince of the power of the air] Jewish phraseology, as in Ephesians 1:21. The air is regarded as full of evil powers, with Satan as their prince (Ephesians 6:12; Luke 22:53; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13). 3. Also we] ’we Jews were as dead in sins as you Gentiles, and were thus objects of God’s wrath’ (Ephesians 5:6).Had... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 2:19

(19) Strangers and foreigners.—Here the word rendered “stranger” means properly an alien, or foreigner; while the word translated “foreigners” signifies the resident aliens of an ancient city, who were but half-aliens, having free intercourse with the citizens, although no rights of citizenship. The latter word is used literally in Acts 7:6; Acts 7:29 (there rendered “sojourner”), and often in the LXX. version; perhaps metaphorically in 1 Peter 2:11. Such a sojourner, though in some sense less... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 2:19-22

(2 c.) Ephesians 2:19-22 sum up the two-fold idea of this chapter—union of the Gentiles, with God and with God’s chosen people—in the metaphor of the One Temple, of which Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone, and which, both collectively and in the individuality of each part, grows into a habitation of God. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ephesians 2:1-22

Ephesians 2:0 The Apostle Paul is not always just the same. He is consistent, but never monotonous. He is a sevenfold man; his Epistles are his truest photograph. Have you ever read the Epistles in the light of that suggestion? not only to find out what the Epistles are, but what their author was. He never wearies us, because he has a great gift of escaping monotony. He is rugged, incoherent, sometimes almost verbally self-contradictory; he is full of parentheses, he makes great use of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:19-22

Chapter 11GOD’S TEMPLE IN HUMANITYEphesians 2:19-22Now unfrequently it is the last word or phrase of the paragraph that gives us the clue to St. Paul’s meaning and discloses the point at which he has aimed all along. So in this instance. "For a habitation of God in the Spirit": behold the goal of God’s ways with mankind! For this end the Divine grace has wrought through countless ages and has made its great sacrifice. For this end Jew and Gentile are being gathered into one and compacted into a... read more

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