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Ephesians 2:19 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 2 · verse 19
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;Ephesians 2:19 · King James Version
Ephesians 2:19 in context
17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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- fellowcitizenssympolitēspossessing the same citizenship with others, a fellow citizen, of Gentiles as received…G4847 →
- foreignersparoikosdwelling near, neighbouring, in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place…G3941 →
- strangersxenosa foreigner, a stranger, alien , without the knowledge of, without a share in, new…G3581 →
- householdoikeiosbelonging to a house or family, domestic, intimate, belonging to one's household, related…G3609 →
- saintshagiosmost holy thing, a saintG40 →
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We have now come to the last part of the chapter, which contains an account of the great and mighty privileges that converted Jews and Gentiles both receive from Christ. The apostle here shows that those who were in a state of enmity are reconciled. Between the Jews and the Gentiles there had been a great enmity;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-22