Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2

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Ephesians 2 . 1 , By comparing what we were by nature , with what we are by grace , Ephesians 2 . 10. he declares that we are made for good works , and being brought near by Christ , should not live as Gentiles and foreigners , as in time past , but as citizens with the saints , and the family of God.

Ephesians 2:1

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:1 · BSB

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Ephesians 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.

Ephesians 2:2 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:3

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.

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:4

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Ephesians 2:4 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:5

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

Ephesians 2:5 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:6

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

Ephesians 2:6 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:7

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.

Ephesians 2:7 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:8 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:9

not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:9 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:10

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

Ephesians 2:10 · BSB

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ordained or , prepared

Ephesians 2:11

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)—

Ephesians 2:11 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:12

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.

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:14

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

Ephesians 2:14 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:15

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 peace

Ephesians 2:15 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:16

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

Ephesians 2:16 · BSB

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thereby or , in himself

Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Ephesians 2:17 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:18

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Ephesians 2:18 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:19

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,

Ephesians 2:19 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:20

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

Ephesians 2:20 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:21

In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Ephesians 2:21 · BSB

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Ephesians 2:22

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Ephesians 2:22 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

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