Ephesians 2:19-20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:19

‘So then you are no more strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints and of the household of God.’ Paul could not make clearer that all believers now form the new Israel. Previously they were ‘alienated from the commonwealth of Israel’, now they are fellow-citizens with ‘the saints’ (an Old Testament word for the true Israel). Previously they were strangers to the covenants of promise, now they are no longer ‘strangers and sojourners’. Previously they were ‘without... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:20

‘Being built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the chief cornerstone.’ The believing Gentiles are now built into a living Temple of God (‘a habitation of God in the Spirit’ - Ephesians 2:22) on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets. The fact that the Prophets are linked with the Apostles as the foundation makes clear that the foundation is the teaching of both, and not the persons themselves. We can compare this with how the foundation rock on... 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 2:19

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners; such are they that may dwell in a city, but are not free of it. He means the same as Ephesians 3:12, they were not now aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, &c. But fellow citizens with the saints; members of the same spiritual society or corporation with other saints, patriarchs, prophets, &c. The church of God is compared to a city, of which every saint is a member or free-man, Philippians 3:20. And of the household of God: the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:20

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets; the foundation which the apostles and prophets laid by their preaching, viz. Christ, whom they held forth as the only Mediator between God and man, the only Saviour and head of the church: see 1 Corinthians 3:11. Foundation, in the singular number, to imply the unity of their doctrine centring in Christ: apostles and prophets, whose office was to preach, not kings and patriarchs. Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 2:19-22

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 2:19. So then.—Inference of Ephesians 2:14-18. Strangers and foreigners.—By the latter word is meant those who temporarily abide in a place, but are without the privileges of it. There is a verb “to parish” in certain parts of England which shows how a word can entirely reverse its original meaning. It not only means “to adjoin,” but “to belong to.” Fellow-citizens with the saints.—Enjoying all civic liberties, and able to say, “This is my own, my native... 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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Ephesians 2:19-22

DISCOURSE: 2102THE EXALTED PRIVILEGES OF TRUE CHRISTIANSEphesians 2:19-22. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.IT is well for... 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

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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