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Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);
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Remember to Be Grateful
Commentators like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon emphasize that Paul's command to "remember" is a vital spiritual practice. Recalling your former state—spiritually lost and alienated from God—is not meant to induce shame, but to cultivate profound gratitude, humility, and love for the grace you have received in Christ. Remembering what you were saved from magnifies the greatness of your salvation.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore remember. The design of this evidently is to excite a sense of gratitude in their hearts for that mercy which had called them fr…
Wherefore (διο). This conjunction applies to the Gentile Christians the arguments in 2:1-10.
That aforetime ye
19th Century
Anglican
Gentiles in the flesh: that is, not having the physical mark of circumcision, which sealed the Jewish covenant.
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Baptist
Created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Therefore remember, that you being forme…
“Therefore” refers back not simply to v.10 but to the entire paragraph (vv.1– 10), which presents a single sentence in the Greek text. Second-gener…
16th Century
Protestant
Wherefore remember. The apostle never once loses sight of his subject, marks it out clearly, and pursues it with increasing earnestness. H…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore remember, that you were in time past Gentiles in the flesh This, with what …
Christ and His covenant are the foundation of all the Christian's hopes. A sad and terrible description is here; but who is able to remove himself …
