12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: …
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-13)In these verses the apostle proceeds in his account of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature. Wherefore remember , etc., Eph. 2:11. As if he had said, “You should remember what you have been, and compare it with what you now are, in order to humble yourselves and to excite your love and thankfulness to God.” Note, Converted sinners ought frequently to reflect upon the sinfulness and…
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