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Soἄραthenοὖνyou areἐστὲno longerοὐκέτιstrangersξένοιandκαὶforeigners,πάροικοιbutἀλλὰyou areἐστὲfellow citizensσυμπολῖταιwith the saintsτῶν ἁγίωνandκαὶmembers of the householdοἰκεῖοιof God,τοῦ θεοῦ
Ephesians 2:19
Study it in the app“So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,”
Paul says we are no longer strangers, but members of God’s householdLoneliness
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 2:19, word by word
- Soἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears- you areἐστὲeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- strangersξένοιxenoi
stranger
Someone from another land or foreign to the place; or something unknown.
Where else “xenoi” appears- foreignersπάροικοιparoikoi
foreigner, alien
Foreigner, alien: one who lives in a land not his own.
Where else “paroikoi” appears- fellow citizensσυμπολῖταιsympolitai
fellow citizen
Fellow citizen, a citizen of the same people.
Where else “sympolitai” appears- with the saintsἁγίωνhagiōn
saints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiōn” appears- members of the householdοἰκεῖοιoikeioi
of the household
Of the household, belonging to one's own family or house.
Where else “oikeioi” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
18for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 · This verse (above)
20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the Messiah Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
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?