Ef 2:8-13 Armosta te
olette pelastettuja uskon kautta, ette itsenne kautta – se on
Jumalan lahja – Room. 3:24,6:23;
Gal. 2:16
9.ette tekojen kautta, ettei kukaan voisi kerskailla. Room. 3:20,27,9:11,11:6; 2. Tim. 1:9
10. Sillä me olemme hänen tekonsa, luodut Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa niitä
hyviä töitä varten, jotka Jumala on ennalta valmistanut, vaeltaaksemme
niissä. Ef. 1:4,4:24; Tit. 2:14 Yhdeksi
Kristuksessa
11.Muistakaa sen vuoksi, että ennen te lihanne puolesta pakanat,
ympärileikkaamattomat – näin teitä nimittävät ne, joita lihaan käsin tehdyn
ympärileikkauksen mukaan sanotaan
ympärileikatuiksi – Ef. 5:8
12.että te siihen aikaan olitte ilman Kristusta, olitte vailla Israelin
kansalaisoikeutta, osattomia lupauksen liitoista, ilman toivoa ja ilman Jumalaa
maailmassa. Room. 9:4
13. Mutta nyt Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa olette te, jotka ennen olitte
kaukana, päässeet lähelle Kristuksen veressä.
Ephesians 2:8-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
8 For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and
favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from
judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of
yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious]
gift of God; 9 not as a result of [your] works [nor your
attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or
take credit in any way [for his salvation]. 10 For we are His
workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus
[reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good
works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so
that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made
ready for us].
11 Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles by
birth, who are called “Uncircumcision” by those who called themselves
“Circumcision,” [itself a mere mark] which is made in the flesh by human
hands— 12 remember that at that time you were separated
from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no
share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements],
having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God. 13 But
now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away
[from God] have been brought near [a]by the
blood of Christ.
Footnotes:Ephesians 2:13
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