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Butδὲnowνυνὶinἐνthe MessiahΧριστῷJesusἸησοῦyouὑμεῖςwhoοἵonceποτεwereὄντεςfar offμακρὰνhave becomeἐγενήθητεnearἐγγὺςbyἐνthe bloodτῷ αἵματιof the Messiah.τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Ephesians 2:13
Study it in the app“But now in the Messiah Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of the Messiah.”
The cross tears down the wall that kept peoples apartThe Cross
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 2:13, word by word
- nowνυνὶnyni
now
"Now", "at this moment"; a stronger form of "now".
Where else “nyni” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- onceποτεpote
once, formerly
Once, formerly; ever, at some time.
Where else “pote” appears- wereὄντεςontes
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontes” appears- far offμακρὰνmakran
far
Situated a long way off.
Where else “makran” appears- have becomeἐγενήθητεegenēthēte
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenēthēte” appears- nearἐγγὺςengys
near
Near, close.
Where else “engys” appears- the bloodαἵματιhaimati
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimati” appears
The context
12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 · This verse (above)
14For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the hostility, in his flesh,
To study Ephesians 2 in a group
1. What it says
How does Paul describe what we were before and what God did for us (v. 1-5)?
2. What it means
Paul says we are saved by grace and created for good works (v. 8-10). How do these two things fit together?
3. How I live it
The chapter speaks of people once far off who are now near (v. 13-19). Whom could you draw near to today, with respect and kindness?