Ephesians 2

Ephesians 2:1: And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

hath he quickened = not in the Greek

dead = nekros {nek-ros’} from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); dead (literally
or figuratively; also as noun):–dead.

Ephesians 2:5: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Colossians 2:13: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

trespasses = paraptoma {par-ap’-to-mah} from parapipto ({par-ap-ip’-to} to fall aside, i.e. (figuratively) to apostatize:–fall away. ); a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e.(unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression:–fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.

Matthew 6:14: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Matthew 6:15: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 18:35: So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Mark 11:25: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Mark 11:26: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

2 Corinthians 5:19: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Sin = hamartia {ham-ar-tee’-ah} from hamartano {ham-ar-tan’-o}; properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin:–for your faults, offend, sin, trespass. ; a sin (properly abstract):–offence, sin(-ful).

Trespasses and sin are what cause death, both spiritual and physical.

Ephesians 2:2: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

time past = pote {pot-eh’}; indefinite adverb, at some time, ever:–afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the last), (+ n- )ever, in the old time, in time past, once, when.

Ephesians 2:11: Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

1 Peter 2:10: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

1 Peter 4:3: For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

walked = peripateo {per-ee-pat-eh’-o}; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):–go, be occupied with, walk (about).

2 Corinthians 10:2: But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

course = aion {ahee-ohn’}; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):–age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).

World = kosmos {kos’-mos}; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):–adorning, world.

Prince = archon {ar’-khone} present participle of archo {ar’-kho} a primary verb; to be first (in political rank or power):–reign (rule) over.; a first (in rank or power):–chief (ruler), magistrate, prince, ruler.

Power = exousia {ex-oo-See’-ah}; privilege, i.e.(subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence:–authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.

Ephesians 3:10: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

Colossians 1:13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Colossians 1:16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him :

Colossians 2:10: And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Colossians 2:15: [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it .

Titus 3:1: Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

1 Peter 3:22: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Air = aer {ah-ayr’} from aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to
blow); “air” (as naturally circumambient):–air.

Revelation 9:2: And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Spirit = pneuma {pnyoo’-mah}; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:–ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Worketh = energeo {en-erg-eh’-o} from energes {en-er-gace’}; active, operative:–effectual,
powerful. ; to be active, efficient:–do, (be) effectual (fervent), be mighty in, shew forth self, work (effectually in).

Children = teknon {tek’-non}; a child (as produced):–child, daughter, son.

Disobedience = apeitheia {ap-i’-thi-ah} from apeithes {ap-i-thace’}; unpersuadable,
i.e. contumacious:–disobedient. ; disbelief (obstinate and rebellious):–
disobedience, unbelief.

Ephesians 5:6: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Colossians 3:6: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

Hebrews 2:2: For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

Trespasses and sin not only produce death, but also produce works of the devil. That is the devil gets control of the lives of men through the trespasses and sin. He works in them to produce his plans and purposes. Every time we enter into sin and tresspasses, we open the door to the devil, the prince of the power of the air. The deed of sin becomes a walk of sin. And then in verse three it becomes a lifestyle.

Ephesians 2:3: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Conversation = anastrepho {an-as-tref’-o}; to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live:–abide, behave self, have conversation, live, overthrow, pass, return, be used.

Galatians 1:13: For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

Ephesians 4:22: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Philippians 1:27: Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Philippians 3:20: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

times past = see verse 2

lusts = epithumia {ep-ee-thoo-mee’-ah} from epithumeo {ep-ee-thoo-meh’-o}; to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise):–covet, desire, would fain, lust (after). ; a longing (especially for what is forbidden):–concupiscence, desire, lust (after).

Flesh = sarx {sarx}; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such):–carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).

Romans 6:12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 13:14: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Galatians 5:16: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Galatians 5:24: And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Ephesians 4:22: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Titus 3:3: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

James 1:14-15: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

1 Peter 2:11: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

1 Peter 4:2: That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

2 Peter 2:10: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

2 Peter 2:18: For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

2 Peter 3:3: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

1 John 2:16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Fulfilling = poieo {poy-eh’-o}; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):–abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.

Desires = thelema {thel’-ay-mah}; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:– desire, pleasure, will.

Mind = dianoia {dee-an’-oy-ah}; deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise:– imagination, mind, understanding.

See Ephesians 1:18 understanding

The lifestyle starts with lusts of the flesh and then progress to desires of the flesh and mind. One must first set your heart on something, and then make a choice to do it. At first the body, or flesh is involved, and then the body and mind are both involved. It is important to stop the lusts so they do not grow into a desire that takes over the mind. That is why it is so important to renew the mind, so that the flesh cannot get the control. Either the flesh controls your thoughts or the spirit controls your thoughts. We must be spirit controlled. Romans explains this perfectly.

Romans:8:1-14: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.3: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.5: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.6: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.:7: Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.8: So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.9: But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.10: And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11: But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.12: Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.13: For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

nature = phusis {foo’-sis from phuo {foo’-o} a primary verb; probably originally, to “puff” or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally
or figuratively:–spring (up).; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage:–(man-)kind, nature(-al).

Romans 2:14: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

Romans 2:27: And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

Children = teknon {tek’-non}; a child (as produced):–child, daughter, son.

Wrath = orge {or-gay’} from oregomai {or-eg’-om-ahee}; to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for):– covet after, desire.; properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment:–anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.

Ephesians 6:4: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

James 1:20: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Because of the nature of the sinner, they receive and produce wrath. The end product of the sin nature is the wrath of God.

Ephesians 2:4: But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

rich = plousios {ploo’-See-os} from ploutos {ploo’-tos}; wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally)
money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment:–riches.
; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with:–rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9: For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Mercy = eleos {el’-eh-os} of uncertain affinity; compassion (human or divine, especially
active):–(+ tender) mercy.

Romans 15:9: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Hebrews 4:16: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Great = polus {pol-oos’} including the forms from the alternate pollos; (singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely:–abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly.

Love = agape {ag-ah’-pay} from agapao; love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a
love-feast:–(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.

loved = agapao {ag-ap-ah’-o} perhaps from agan (much) ; to love (in a social or moral sense):–(be-)love(-ed).

See Ephesians 1:4

God’s love is shown in John 3:16-17 : For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. It is a great love, and not only gives salvation, but all our needs. As Romans says in 8:32: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Ephesians 2:5: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

dead = See Ephesians 2:1

sins = See Ephesians 2:1 trespasses

hath quickened together with = suzoopoieo {sood-zo-op-oy-eh’-o} ; to reanimate conjointly with (figuratively):–quicken together with.

Colossians 2:13: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

God’s work in us brought us back to life from a life dead in sin. The work happened even while we were dead in sin. God did the work in our lives way back when Jesus was raised from the dead. We were raised with him. This grace saved us. It is not anything we have done, but all Jesus did. We were made alive with him at the resurrection. If Jesus was not resurrected we could not have been risen from the death of sin. But because he was raised from the dead, we are also. It is an accomplished fact. We no longer have to live in sin, and with a sin-consciousness because Jesus freed us from that.

grace = charis {khar’-ece} from chairo ( {khah’-ee-ro} a primary verb; to be “cheer”ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:–farewell, be
glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.); graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act
(abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon
the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude):–acceptable, benefit, favour,
gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).

see Ephesians 1:2

saved = sozo {sode’-zo} from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, “safe”); to
save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):–heal, preserve, save (self), do well,
be (make) whole.

Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Ephesians 2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

raised up together = sunegeiro {soon-eg-i’-ro}; to rouse (from death) in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to revivify (spirtually) in resemblance to:–raise up together, rise with.

Colossians 2:12: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with[him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Colossians 3:1: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

made sit together = sugkathizo {soong-kath-id’-zo}; to give (or take) a seat in company with:–(make) sit (down) together.

Luke 22:55: And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

Heavenly = epouranios {ep-oo-ran’-ee-os} ; above the sky:–celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high.

See Ephesians 1:3

places = not in greek

We are not only made alive, but raised and caused to be seated with Christ in the heavenlies. God sees us in Jesus. Everytime he looks at Jesus, he sees us. Every time he looks at us he sees Jesus. It is the same with the devil. That is why he hates the church so. We are the body of Christ. We are to do his works because we have his authority. We have already won over the devil and his works! We are seated in heavenly places. We are in authority, because of the work of Jesus.

Ephesians 2:7: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ages = aion {ahee-ohn’}; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):–age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).
See Ephesians 1:21

to come = eperchomai {ep-er’-khom-ahee}; to supervene, i.e. arrive, occur, impend, attack, (figuratively) influence:–come (in, upon).

Luke 1:35: And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Might shew = endeiknumi {en-dike’-noo-mee}; to indicate (by word or act):–do, show (forth).

1 Timothy 1:16: Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Titus 3:2: To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

Hebrews 6:10: For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Hebrews 6:11: And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

exceeding = huperballo {hoop-er-bal’-lo}; to throw beyond the usual mark, i.e. (figuratively) to surpass (only active participle supereminent):–exceeding, excel, pass.

See Ephesians 1:19

riches = ploutos {ploo’-tos} (from the base of pletho play’-tho, a prolonged form of a {primary} pleo pleh’-o (which appears only as an alternate i certain tenses and in the reduplicated form pimplemi) to “fill” (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time):– accomplish, full (…come), furnish.); wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable
bestowment:–riches.

See Ephesians 1:7

grace = see verse 5

kindness = 5544 chrestotes {khray-stot’-ace} from chrestos {khrase-tos’ from chraomai {khrah’-om-ahee} middle voice of a primary verb (to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, “graze” (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:–entreat, use. ; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals):–better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind. ; usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in
character or demeanor):–gentleness, good(-ness), kindness.

Acts 28:2: And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

2 Corinthians 6:6: By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Colossians 3:12: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Titus 3:4: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

2 Peter 1:7: And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

The riches of his grace not only includes salvation, but every need we may have. God lavishes on his family all the riches of heaven, not only now but also in the future. The kindness of Jesus is the key. He is why we have the grace given to us. We don’t deserve it. It is what Jesus deserved, but he took our problems so we could have his riches.

Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

grace = see verse 5

saved = see verse 5

faith = pistis {pis’-tis} from peitho {pi’-tho} (a primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty):–agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:–assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

Ephesians 3:12: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Ephesians 3:17: That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

gift = doron {do’-ron a present; specially, a sacrifice:–gift, offering.

Romans 5:17: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 5:18: Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 4:7: But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

God’s grace reached out toward us before we were even aware of it. He made the first step. It was a big one. He gave his son. That is his grace to us. All we need to do is receive that great gift by faith.

Ephesians 2:9: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Works = ergon {er’-gon} from a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work); toil (as an effort or
occupation); by implication, an act:–deed, doing, labour, work.

Romans 4:2: For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

Romans 4:6: Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Romans 9:11: (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Romans 11:6: And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

2 Timothy 1:9: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

boast = kauchaomai {kow-khah’-om-ahee} from some (obsolete) base akin to that of
aucheo (to boast); to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense):–(make) boast, glory,
joy, rejoice.

Romans 2:23: Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

Romans 3:27: Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

James 4:16: But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

We cannot boast, because it is a gift. We cannot work toward our salvation, because while we were dead in sin, Christ died for us. It is a gift of God’s grace. Our little works are impossible to save us. We must receive that gift in faith. There is nothing we can do to earn that gift, therefore we cannot boast in how we received it.

Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Workmanship = poiema {poy’-ay-mah} from poieo {poy-eh’-o} apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):–abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, +
content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. ; a product, i.e. fabric (literally or figuratively):–thing that is made, workmanship.

Romans 1:20: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

created = ktizo {ktid’-zo} probably akin to ktaomai {ktah’-om-ahee} a primary verb; to get, i.e. acquire (by any means;own):–obtain, possess, provide, purchase.(through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally):–create, Creator, make.

Ephesians 3:9: And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Ephesians 4:24: And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Colossians 1:16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Colossians 3:10: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

good = agathos {ag-ath-os’} a primary word; “good” (in any sense, often as noun):–benefit, good(-s, things), well.

Works = see verse 9

Matthew 5:16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Joh:10:32: Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

1 Timothy 6:18: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

2 Timothy 3:17: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Titus 2:7: In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Titus 2:14: Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Titus 3:8: This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Titus 3:14: And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Hebrews 10:24: And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

1 Peter 2:12: Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

before ordained = 4282 proetoimazo {pro-et-oy-mad’-zo}; to fit up in advance (literally or figuratively):–ordain before, prepare afore.

Romans 9:23: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Walk = see verse 2

We are his workmanship. Therefore the works we do must be with his help. If we are working on our own after salvation to gain his approval, they are useless works. But if we are relying totally on God, and doing what the Holy Spirit directs us to do, he will give us the means and ability to do what he has instructed us. It is an easy walk because he ordained, planned the walk before we begin it. All we have to do is follow the path that he has built for us.

Ephesians 2:11: Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

remember = mnemoneuo {mnay-mon-yoo’-o}; to exercise memory, i.e. recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse:–make mention; be mindful, remember.

time past = see verse 2

Gentiles = ethnos {eth’-nos}; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan):–Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

flesh = see verse 3

uncircumcision = akrobustia {ak-rob-oos-tee’-ah} from akron {ak’-ron}; (the extremity:–one end… other, tip, top, uttermost participle) and probably a modified form of posthe (the penis or male sexual organ); the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person:–not circumcised, uncircumcised, uncircumcision.

Called = lego {leg’-o} a primary verb; properly, to “lay” forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in
words (usually of systematic or set discourse); by implication, to mean:–ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.

Circumcision = peritome {per-it-om-ay’} from peritemno {per-ee-tem’-no}; to cut around, i.e.
(specially) to circumcise:–circumcise. ; circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively):–X circumcised, circumcision.

Made by hands = cheiropoietos {khi-rop-oy’-ay-tos} from cheir {khire} ; the hand (literally or
figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):–hand. ; manufactured, i.e. of human construction:–made by (make with) hands.

Hebrews 9:11: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle , not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Hebrews 9:24: For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

You may have been ridiculed by the Jews for being a heathen. But their circumcision is not one of the heart but of the hands. It is a work to them, and they will not receive salvation for their work.

Ephesians 2:12: That at that time ye 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:

time = kairos {kahee-ros’} of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time:–X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while.

Aliens = apallotrioo {ap-al-lot-ree-o’-o}; to estrange away, i.e. (passively and figuratively) to be non-participant:– alienate, be alien.

Ephesians 4:18: Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Colossians 1:21: And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

commonwealth = politeia {pol-ee-ti’-ah} from polites {pol-ee’-tace} from polis {pol’-is}; a town
(properly, with walls, of greater or less size):–city. ; a townsman:–citizen. (“polity”); citizenship; concretely, a community:–commonwealth, freedom.

Acts 22:28: And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

Strangers = xenos {xen’-os} apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer:–host, strange(-r).

covenants = diatheke {dee-ath-ay’-kay} from diatithemai {dee-at-ith’-em-ahee} ; to put
apart, i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest):–appoint, make,
testator. ; properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will):–covenant, testament.

Promise = epaggelia {ep-ang-el-ee’-ah} from epaggello {ep-ang-el’-lo}; (to announce upon
(reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself:–profess, (make) promise. ); an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good):–message, promise.

See Ephesians 1:13

hope elpis {el-pece’} from a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence:–faith, hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:13: But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

World = kosmos {kos’-mos}; orderly arrangement, i.e.decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):–adorning, world.

You were heathens, not Jewish citizens. As far as the Jewish state was concerned, you were a foreigner. You did not have any access to the covenant of God because of that. You were without hope. You were in the world system. You were useless to the nation of Israel, and its citizens. You were alienated from them and the promises that God had given to them in the Old Testament.

Ephesians 2:13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

far off = makran {mak-ran’}; at a distance (literally or figuratively):–(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
made = ginomai {ghin’-om-ahee} a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen”-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):–arise, be assembled, be(-come, – fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, Seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

Nigh = eggus {eng-goos’} from a primary verb agcho (to squeeze or throttle; akin to
the base of 43); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time):–from , at hand, near, nigh
(at hand, unto), ready.

Hebrews 7:19: For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

James 4:8: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Blood = haima {hah’-ee-mah} of uncertain derivation; blood, literally (of men or animals),
figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication,
bloodshed, also kindred:–blood.

Hebrews 9:14: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

1 Peter 1:18-19: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Because of the shedding of the blood of Christ, you are brought near to the Jews. You are made part of the covenant people. It is only through the sacrifice of the Lamb of God that two can become one. We are not only one with Christ, but also one with believing Jews, even though we may be a Gentile.

Ephesians 2:14: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

peace = eirene {i-ray’-nay} probably from a primary verb eiro (to join); peace (literally or
figuratively); by implication, prosperity:–one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.
Found also in Eph 1:2: Ephesians 2:17: Ephesians 4:3: Ephesians 6:15: Ephesians 6:23:

hath made = poieo {poy-eh’-o} apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make
or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):–abide, + agree, appoint, X
avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, +
content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil,
gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.

See fulfilling verse 3

both = amphoteros {am-fot’-er-os} comparative of amphi (around); (in plural) both:–
both.

One = heis {hice} (including the neuter (etc.) hen); a primary numeral; one:–a(-n, -ny,
certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some.

hath broken down = luo {loo’-o} a primary verb; to “loosen” (literally or figuratively):–break (up),
destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off.

Middle wall = mesotoichon {mes-ot’-oy-khon}; a partition (figuratively):–middle wall.

Partition = phragmos {frag-mos’} from phrasso {fras’-so}; to fence or inclose, i.e. (specially), to block up (figuratively, to silence):–stop. ; a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or
figuratively):–hedge (+ round about), partition.

Matthew 21:33: Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Mark 12:1: And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Ephesians 2:15: 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 making peace;

abolished = katargeo {kat-arg-eh’-o}; to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively:–abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.

2 Timothy 1:10: But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

flesh = see verse 3

enmity = echthra {ekh’-thrah} feminine of echthros {ech-thros’} from a primary echtho (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan):–enemy, foe.; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition:–enmity, hatred.

Luke 23:12: And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Romans 8:7: Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Galatians 5:20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Law = nomos {nom’-os} from a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), orfig uratively (a principle):–law.

Commandments = entole {en-tol-ay’} from entellomai {en-tel’-lom-ahee} to enjoin:–
(give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin.; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:–
commandment, precept.

Contained = not in greek

ordinances = 1378 dogma {dog’-mah} from doko dok’-o (used only in an alternate in certain tenses); to think; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):–decree, ordinance.

Colossians 2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

twain = duo {doo’-o} a primary numeral; “two”:–both, twain, two.

New = kainos {kahee-nos’} of uncertain affinity; new (especially in freshness; while neos {neh’-os} is properly so with respect to age:–new.

Man = anthropos {anth’-ro-pos} from aner {an’-ayr};( a man (properly as an individual
male):–fellow, husband, man, sir. ) and ops (the countenance); man-faced, i.e. a human being:–certain, man.

Making = see hath made verse 14

peace = see peace verse 14

Ephesians 2:16: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

reconcile = apokatallasso {ap-ok-at-al-las’-so}; to reconcile fully:–reconcile.

Matthew 5:24: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Romans 5:10: For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

1 Corinthians 7:11: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

2 Corinthians 5:20: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Colossians 1:20: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Colossians 1:21: And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

body = soma {so’-mah} from sozo {sode’-zo} from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, “safe”); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):–heal, preserve, save (self), do well,
be (make) whole.; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively:–bodily, body, slave.

Cross = stauros {stow-ros’}; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e.(specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:–cross.

At the end of the first century B.C., the Romans adopted crucifixion as an official punishment for non-Romans for certain limited transgressions. Initially, it was employed not as a method of execution, but only as a punishment. Moreover, only slaves convicted of certain crimes were punished by crucifixion. During this early period, a wooden beam, known as a furca or patibulum was placed on the slave’s neck and bound to his arms. …When the procession arrived at the execution site, a vertical stake was fixed into the ground. Sometimes the victim was attached to the cross only with ropes. In such a case, the patibulum or crossbeam, to which the victim’s arms were already bound, was simply affixed to the vertical beam; the victim’s feet were then bound to the stake with a few turns of the rope.
If the victim was attached by nails, he was laid on the ground, with his shoulders on the crossbeam. His arms were held out and nailed to the two ends of the crossbeam, which was then raised and fixed on top of the vertical beam. The victim’s feet were then nailed down against this vertical stake.
In order to prolong the agony, Roman executioners devised two instruments that would keep the victim alive on the cross for extended periods of time. One, known as a sedile, was a small seat attached to the front of the cross, about halfway down. This device provided some support for the victim’s body and may explain the phrase used by the Romans, “to sit on the cross.” Both Eraneus and Justin Martyr describe the cross of Jesus as having five extremities rather than four; the fifth was probably the sedile.
Slain = apokteino {ap-ok-ti’-no} from kteino (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:–put to death, kill, slay.

Enmity = see verse 15

Ephesians 2:17: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

Came = erchomai {er’-khom-ahee} middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo’-thom-ahee, or (active) eltho el’-tho, which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):–accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.

Preached = euaggelizo {yoo-ang-ghel-id’-zo}; to announce good news (“evangelize”) especially the gospel:–declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).

Peace = see verse 14

were afar off = makran {mak-ran’} feminine accusative case singular of makrothumos {mak-roth-oo-moce’} ;with long (enduring) temper, i.e. leniently:–patiently. (being implied); at a distance (literally or figuratively):–(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.

were nigh = eggus {eng-goos’} from a primary verb agcho (to squeeze or throttle); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time):–from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.

Ephesians 2:18: For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Access = prosagoge {pros-ag-ogue-ay’} from prosago {pros-ag’-o}; to lead towards, i.e. (transitively) to conduct near (summon, present), or (intransitively) to approach:–bring, draw near. ; admission:–access.

Ephesians 2:19: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

strangers = xenos {xen’-os} apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer:–host, strange(-r).

foreigners = paroikos {par’-oy-kos} ; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident):–foreigner, sojourn, stranger.

Fellowcitizens =sumpolites {soom-pol-ee’-tace}; a native of the same town, i.e. (figuratively) co-religionist (fellow-Christian):–fellow- citizen.

Saints = hagios {hag’-ee-os} from hagos (an awful thing); sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):–(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

Found also in Ephesians 1:1: Ephesians 1:15: Ephesians 1:18: Ephesians 3:8: Ephesians 3:18: Ephesians 4:12: Ephesians 5:3: Ephesians 6:18

household = oikeios {oy-ki’-os} from oikos {oy’-kos} of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively):–home, house(-hold), temple.; domestic, i.e. (as noun), a relative, adherent:–
(those) of the (his own) house(-hold).

Galatians 6:10: As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

1 Timothy 5:8: But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Ephesians 2:20: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

built = epoikodomeo {ep-oy-kod-om-eh’-o}; to build upon, i.e. (figuratively) to rear up:–build thereon (thereupon, on, upon).

Foundation = themelios {them-el’-ee-os}; something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively):–foundation.

1 Corinthians 3:10-15: According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Hebrews 6:1=2: Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Apostles = apostolos {ap-os’-tol-os} from apostello ( {ap-os-tel’-lo} set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively:–put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty).) a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ (“apostle”) (with miraculous powers):– apostle, messenger, he that is sent.

Prophets = prophetes {prof-ay’-tace}; a foreteller (“prophet”); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:–prophet.

Ephesians 3:5: Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

1 Peter 1:10: Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

chief corner stone = (stone is not in greek) akrogoniaios {ak-rog-o-nee-ah’-yos ; belonging to the
extreme corner:–chief corner.

This is the only place in the New Testament.

Ephesians 2:21: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

building= oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay’}; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation:–building, edify(-ication, -ing).

1 Corinthians 3:9: For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

2 Corinthians 5:1: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

fitly framed together = sunarmologeo {soon-ar-mol-og-eh’-o} ; to render close-jointed
together, i.e. organize compactly:–be fitly framed (joined) together.

Ephesians 4:16: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Groweth = auzano {owx-an’-o} a prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow (“wax”), i.e.
enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive):–grow (up), (give the) increase.

1 Corinthians 3:6-7: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

2 Thessalonians 1:3: We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

1 Peter 2:2: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

2 Peter 3:18: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

holy = hagios {hag’-ee-os} from hagos (an awful thing) ; sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):–(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

temple = naos {nah-os’} from a primary naio (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple :–shrine,
temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

1 Corinthians 6:19: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Ephesians 2:22: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Builded together = sunoikodomeo {soon-oy-kod-om-eh’-o} from 4862 and 3618; to construct, i.e. (passively) to compose (in company with other Christians, figuratively):–build together.

Only place found in New Testament.

Habitation = katoiketerion {kat-oy-kay-tay’-ree-on} from a derivative of katoikeo {kat-oy-keh’-o} ; to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively):–dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter). ; a dwelling-place:–habitation.

Jude:1:6: And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 18:2: And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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