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Ephesians 2

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Ephesians 2 . 1

1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,CEphesians 02:1-10TOSKEphesians 2:1

Ephesians 2 . 2

2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.TOSKEphesians 2:2

Ephesians 2 . 3

3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.TOSKEphesians 2:3

Ephesians 2 . 4

4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,TOSKEphesians 2:4

Ephesians 2 . 5

5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!TOSKEphesians 2:5

Ephesians 2 . 6

6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,TOSKEphesians 2:6

Ephesians 2 . 7

7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.TOSKEphesians 2:7

Ephesians 2 . 8

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,TOSKEphesians 2:8TTJoshua (Leader into Rest) Sabbath (Rest in Christ)

Ephesians 2 . 9

9 not by works, so that no one can boast.TOSKEphesians 2:9

Ephesians 2 . 10

10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.TOSKEphesians 2:10

Ephesians 2 . 11

11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—CEphesians 02:11-22TOSKEphesians 2:11TTRahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles)

Ephesians 2 . 12

12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.IPRuth 1:16-17TOSKEphesians 2:12TTRuth (Gentile Bride) Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH)

Ephesians 2 . 13

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.IPIsaiah 57:19 Isaiah 57:19 Numbers 15:14CEphesians 02:13-18TOSKEphesians 2:13TTRuth (Gentile Bride) Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH) Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)LTExile and Return

Ephesians 2 . 14

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostilityIPIsaiah 57:19 Isaiah 9:6TOSKEphesians 2:14TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed) Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)

Ephesians 2 . 15

15 by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peaceIPIsaiah 57:19TOSKEphesians 2:15TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed) Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)

Ephesians 2 . 16

16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.IPIsaiah 57:19TOSKEphesians 2:16TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed) Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)

Ephesians 2 . 17

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.IPIsaiah 57:19 Isaiah 52:7TOSKEphesians 2:17TTTower of Babel (Division Reversed) Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom)

Ephesians 2 . 18

18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.TOSKEphesians 2:18TTEliakim (Key of David) Tower of Babel (Division Reversed) Cherubim (Glorified Humanity)

Ephesians 2 . 19

19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,CEphesians 02:19-22TOSKEphesians 2:19TTRuth (Gentile Bride) Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength) Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH) Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)

Ephesians 2 . 20

20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.IP1 Kings 6:7 Isaiah 28:16 Zechariah 6:12-13TOSKEphesians 2:20TTBrazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength) Solomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling) Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation) Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) Water from the Rock (The Spiritual Rock)

Ephesians 2 . 21

21 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.TOSKEphesians 2:21TTBrazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength)LTHoliness

Ephesians 2 . 22

22 And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.TOSKEphesians 2:22TTBrazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength) Cherubim (Glorified Humanity)

Linked Mentions 54

Intertextuality Pairs 10

Trajectory Tables 27

Longitudinal Themes 3

Anchor Texts 7

Chiasm 4

Cycles 3

In the wider web40 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Allusions Ephesians 2:12-19 → Ruth 1:16-17, Ephesians 2:13 → Isaiah 57:19, Ephesians 2:13-17 → Isaiah 57:19, Ephesians 2:14 → Isaiah 9:6, Ephesians 2:17 → Isaiah 52:7, Ephesians 2:20 → 1 Kings 6:7, Ephesians 2:20 → Isaiah 28:16

Echoes Ephesians 2:13-18 → Numbers 15:14, Ephesians 2:20-22 → Zechariah 6:12-13

Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice), Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength), Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography), Cherubim (Glorified Humanity), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Eliakim (Key of David), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Holy Places (Access to God's Presence), Joshua (Leader into Rest), New Creation (Cosmic Redemption), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God), Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Ruth (Gentile Bride), Sabbath (Rest in Christ), Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH), Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom), Solomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation), Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling), Tower of Babel (Division Reversed), Water from the Rock (The Spiritual Rock), +1 more

Longitudinal Themes

Exile and Return, Holiness

Shaped Ephesians 02:1–10, Ephesians 02:11–22, Ephesians 02:13–18, Ephesians 02:19–22