So then (αρα ουν). Two inferential particles (accordingly therefore).

No more (ουκετ). No longer.

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Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners. You are counted among the people of God. You are entitled to their privileges and a…

Strangers and foreigners.—Here the word rendered “stranger” properly means an alien, or foreigner; while the word transla…

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has bro…

Paul now draws a conclusion from vv.1418 and expands on v.13. Two technical terms commonly denoting inferiority of status are contrasted with “fell…

Now therefore you are no more strangers. The Ephesians are now exclusively addressed. They were formerly strangers from the covenants …

Now therefore ye are no more strangers .
&c.] Alluding to the name (yrkn) , "a stranger"…

The church is compared to a city, and every converted sinner is a citizen of it. It is also compared to a house, and every converted sinner is one …