24.02.2018 Ef 2:8-13

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 Or in.