Ephesians 2:13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:13

The Uniting of Jew and Gentile Through the Cross. The Establishing of the New Israel. ‘But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.’ Now all is changed. In the Christ Who died for them all these benefits are theirs. They have been brought near to God, the invisible God proclaimed by the Jews, through His shed blood. Through His sacrifice of Himself for sin, which cancels out the old ordinances, He has removed the barrier of sin, making them ‘holy’ and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:11-22

Ephesians 2:11-Song of Solomon : . The Gentile is now One with the Jew in God’ s New Man, and an Integral Part of God’ s Temple.— Those who, like the readers, were once Gentiles, are especially bound to remember the condition from which they were rescued ( Ephesians 2:11): at that time without Messiah, they were aliens in relation to the commonwealth of God’ s people, foreigners in relation to the covenants of promise, lacking in that hope of the future which the Jew had always possessed, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus; either in the kingdom of Christ, or gospel administration, Galatians 5:6; or, ye being in Christ, united to him by the Spirit and faith. Being in Christ, here, is opposed to being in the world, Ephesians 1:12. Ye who sometimes were far off; far from God, from his church, from his promises, &c., having no communion with him by his Spirit. He means a spiritual distance, yet seems to allude to Isaiah 49:1,Isaiah 49:12; those Gentiles there mentioned being estranged... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 2:13-18

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 2:13. Ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh.—The Gentile may sing his hymn in Jewish words: “Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; from everlasting is Thy name.” “Lo-ammi” (“not My people”) is no longer their name (Hosea 2:23; Romans 9:24-25).Ephesians 2:14. For He is our peace, who hath made both one.—“Not the Peacemaker merely, for indeed at His... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Ephesians 2:11-22 Judaism and Christianity. I. To Paul the moral confusion and the religious desolation of the Gentiles were appalling. He believed that they were enduring the just penalties of their own sins and the sins of their ancestors. The first chapter of Romans is a terrible commentary on what he meant by the Gentiles being without God in the world. Everything was changed by the coming and the death of Christ. By Him the whole world had been brought within the range of the grace and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:13

Ephesians 2:13 Sin the Separator. I. Sin has broken the beautiful chain of the material universe. When man fell, nature fell; and the links were severed by the Fall. And worse than this, man is divided from man, every one from his fellow. The very Church is broken up, Christian from Christian. The lust of pride, the lust of an opinionated mind, the lust of prejudice, the lust of jealousy, the lust of a worldly ambition these are the fabricators of all discord. These make foes out of hearts... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 2:12-13

DISCOURSE: 2100THE STATES OF THE REGENERATE AND THE UNREGENERATE CONTRASTEDEphesians 2:12-13. 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: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.THERE is scarcely any thing which has a greater tendency to impress our minds with exalted views of the grace of God, than to compare the guilt and... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

Exposition of Ephesians 2:1-22 Verse 1. And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? 1. Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged: "You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." 2. Wherein in time past ye walked With a terrible activity of spiritual death; 3. According to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ephesians 2:13

Our Glorious Transforming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 3496) Published on Thursday, January 27th, 1916. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On Lord's-day Evening, September 3rd, 1871. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "But now in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ." Ephesians 2:13 . I DO not want you... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-22

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter.Paul is going to talk about someone tonight...very interesting. You! Well, at least you are interested in the subject. For many of you it is your favorite subject. If we were able to take a wide angle lens picture of the service this evening and posted it on the bulletin board, and you went up to look at that picture, who is the first one you would look for? Of course.And you ( Ephesians 2:1 )Paul said. Now notice the words,hath... read more

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