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So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
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From Outsider to Citizen
Commentators explain that 'strangers' and 'foreigners' were terms for people without legal rights or a voice in a community. Paul declares that in Christ, believers are no longer outsiders looking in. Instead, they are granted full 'fellow-citizenship' with all the saints, sharing in all the rights, privileges, and security of God's kingdom. This change is not earned but is a direct result of Christ's work.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
So then (αρα ουν). Two inferential particles (accordingly therefore).
No more (ουκετ). No longer.
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19th Century
Anglican
Strangers and foreigners.—Here the word rendered “stranger” properly means an alien, or foreigner; while the word transla…
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Baptist
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Now therefore you are no more strangers. The Ephesians are now exclusively addressed. They were formerly strangers from the covenants …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
