Ephesians 2:13

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:1-22

Ephesians 2:1 . You hath he quickened. The word quickened is not in the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it, thus: And you, when dead in trespasses and sins, wherein you once walked, &c. Who were dead in trespasses and sins. In Colossians 2:13 the apostle uses a similar expression: “You being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh.” Sinners are also said to be “alienated from the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 2:13

Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.Sin, the separatorSin has its dark offices--offices which it is always fulfilling. For sin is that dividing element, which, where it comes in, breaks up the harmony of all things, and sends them out into the distance of chaos and dismay. God, at the beginning, made the heaven to be subservient to the earth; and the earth to be subservient to the harvest; and the harvest to be subservient to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 2:13

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ver. 13. Are made nigh by the blood ] Christ hath paved us a new and living way to the throne of God’s grace by his own most precious blood. Oh, happy lapidi pavium! jewel of the peacock. Oh, Golgotha become our Gabbatha!John 19:13; John 19:13 ; John 19:17 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 2:13

in: Romans 8:1, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 3:28 were: Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:17, Ephesians 2:19-Song of Solomon :, Ephesians 3:5-Ruth :, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 73:27, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 24:15, Isaiah 24:16, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 57:19, Isaiah 60:4, Isaiah 60:9, Isaiah 66:19, Jeremiah 16:19, Acts 2:39, Acts 15:14, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:18, Romans 15:8-2 Kings : are: Ephesians 2:16, Ephesians 1:7, Romans 3:23-Amos :, Romans 5:9, Romans 5:10, 1 Corinthians... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.Far off — From God and his people.Nigh — Intimately united to both. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

2. The unification of Jew and Gentile into this one elect Church, 11-22. Thus far St. Paul has vividly imaged the elect Church as a unit. One God, one Christ, one faith, one glory. His picture is completed; and he has now time to remember (Ephesians 2:11) that his real, present, flesh-and-blood Ephesian Church is ethnically that is, by race a dual Church. Both sections, indeed, belong to the great Caucasian family. But one has come down through Shem, and Heber, and Abraham to the present... read more