Eph 2 Flashcards
Eph 2:1
What we once were (1-3, 11-12)
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Dead in sin
Eph 2:2
What we once were
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience
Influenced by Satan
Eph 2:3
What we once were
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind
controlled by wrath (3a) under God’s wrath
Eph 2:4
What God did (4-6)
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us
He loved us
Eph 2:5
even when we were dead
What God Did (4-6)
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved
He liberated us
Eph 2:6
What God Did (4-6)
and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus
He lifted us up
Eph 2:7
Why God Did It (v7)
so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus
Display us as trophies of grace
Eph 2:8
How God Did It (v8-9)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God
His special favor (8a), through faith (8b-9)
Eph 2:9
How God Did It (v8-9)
not **a result **of works, so that no one may boast
Through faith (8b-9)
Eph 2:10
What we are now (2:10, 14-22)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them
We are products of grace (v10a- task), (V10b- before foundation of world
Eph 2:11
Therefore remember
Previous Exclusion from God’s People v11-12
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands
Eph 2:12
Previous exclusion from God’s people v11-12
**remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Eph 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ
Eph 2:14
We are partners with Israel (14-18)
What we are now
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
The reconciler (v14)
Eph 2:15
We are partners with Israel (14-18)
What we are now
by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace
The results (15-18) joined into one body one new man, Jews and Gentiles
