Eph 2:12-19 | NASB2020 | STEP | remember that you were at that time separate from Christ , excluded from the people of Israel , and strangers to the covenants of the promise , having no hope and without God in the world .

Ephesians 2:12-19

12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^{▼▼Or alienated
,} ^bexcluded from ^{▼▼Or citizenship in Israel}the people of Israel, and strangers to ^dthe covenants of the promise, having ^eno hope and ^fwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^gChrist Jesus you who ^hpreviously were ⁱfar away ^{▼▼Lit became; or were made}have ^kbeen brought near ^{▼▼Or in
,} ^mby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ⁿour peace, ^owho made both groups into one and broke down the ^{▼▼Lit the dividing wall of the barrier}barrier of the dividing wall, 15 ^{▼▼Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law}by ^rabolishing ^{▼▼I.e., by His death}in His flesh the hostility, which is ^tthe Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^{▼▼Lit create
,} ^vmake the two ^wone new person, in this way establishing ^xpeace; 16 and that He might ^yreconcile them both in ^zone body to God through the cross, ^{▼▼Or in Himself}by it having ^abput to death the hostility. 17 And ^acHe came and preached ^adpeace to you who were ^aefar away, and peace to those who were ^afnear; 18 for through Him we both have ^agour access in ^ahone Spirit to ^aithe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^ajstrangers and foreigners, but you are ^akfellow citizens with the ^{▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people}saints, and are of ^amGod’s household,