Ephesians 2:12 (WEB)
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Fathers and councils · 10
Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore the apostle reproves us, saying, “And ye were strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 12.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Voice of the Lord moving to the faith the Gentiles once “without hope, and without God in the world;” where no prophet, no preacher of God’s word, as it were, no man had dwelt.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“…gathered] partly out of the Hebrews, to whom He refers when He says “Abba,” and partly out of the Gentiles, to whom He refers when He says “Pater” [Father].” — editor's note: See Eph. ii. 11–22.
Read the whole comment“Now the aliens were strangers and foreigners from the covenants of God.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 11–22.
Read the whole comment“Of these two flocks, as of two walls, is the corner-stone formed.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 11–22.
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Basil the Great
“…we recorded at our first admission, when, being delivered “from the idols,” we came “to the living God,” constitutes himself a “stranger” from the “promises” of God, fighting against his own handwriting, which he put on record when he professed the faith.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 12.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.4On Virginity
“But the grosser mind looks down; it bends its energies to bodily pleasures as surely as the sheep stoop to their pasture; it lives for gorging and still lower pleasures; it is alienated from the life of God, and a stranger to the promise of the Covenants; it recognizes no good but the gratification of the body.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 12; iv. 18.
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Tertullian
“In it he tells them to remember, that at the time when they were Gentiles they were without Christ, aliens from (the commonwealth of) Israel, without intercourse, without the covenants and any hope of promise, nay, without God, even in his own world, as the Creator thereof.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 12.
Read the whole comment“…were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.2Book II
“…be sure, in order that no one, after attaining to faith, should think that he must turn away from a woman who is now in some sense an “alien” and “stranger.”” — editor's note: Comp. Eph. ii. 12, 19.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.