Yǐfúsuǒshū 2:13

13 Nǐmen cóng qián yuǎn lí shén de rén , rújīn què zaì Jīdū Yēsū lǐ , kào zhe tāde xiĕ , yǐjing dé qīnjìn le .

Yǐfúsuǒshū 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus
Being openly and visibly in Christ, created in him, and become believers in him; as they were before secretly in him, as chosen and blessed in him before the foundation of the world:

ye who sometimes were far off;
who in their state of unregeneracy were afar off from God, and from his law, and from any spiritual knowledge of him and fellowship with him; and from Jesus Christ, and from the knowledge of his righteousness, and the way of salvation by him; and from the Spirit, and any acquaintance with the things of the Spirit, and from minding them, and from walking after him; and from the saints and people of God, and from any love to them, and communion with them; and from any solid hopes of happiness, or real peace and comfort; which distance was owing both to Adam's sin and to their own transgressions: it is an observation of a Jewish writer

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 on ( Genesis 3:9 ) "where art thou?" he (God) knew where he was, but he said so to show him that he was (pxwrm) , "afar off from" God by his sin: see ( Isaiah 59:2 ) , and yet

are made nigh by the blood of Christ:
so as to have nearness of access to and communion with God, Father, Son, and Spirit, and the saints, in virtue of the blood of Christ; which gives boldness and speaks peace; by which their persons are justified, the pardon of their sins is procured, reconciliation is made, and their garments are washed, and made white; and so they draw nigh with confidence by the faith of him.

F1 R. Abraham Seba, Tzeror Hammor, fol. 7. 2.

Yǐfúsuǒshū 2:13 In-Context

11 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yīngdāng jìniàn , nǐmen cóng qián àn ròutǐ shì waìbāngrén , shì chēngwèi méi shòu gēlǐ de , zhè míng yuán shì nàxiē píng rén shǒu zaì ròushēn shang chēngwèi shòu gēlǐ zhī rén suǒ qǐ de .

12 Nàshí nǐmen yǔ Jīdū wú guān , zaì Yǐsèliè guó mín yǐwaì , zaì suǒ yīngxǔ de zhū yuē shang shì jú waìrén . bìngqiĕ huó zaì shìshang méiyǒu zhǐwang , méiyǒu shén .

13 Nǐmen cóng qián yuǎn lí shén de rén , rújīn què zaì Jīdū Yēsū lǐ , kào zhe tāde xiĕ , yǐjing dé qīnjìn le .

14 Yīn tā shǐ wǒmen hémù , ( yuánwén zuò yīn tā shì wǒmen de hémù ) jiāng liǎng xià hé ér wéi yī , chāihuǐ le zhōngjiān gé duàn de qiáng .

15 Érqiĕ yǐ zìjǐ de shēntǐ , feìdiào yuān chóu , jiù shì nà jì zaì lǜfǎ shang de guī tiaó . wèi yào jiāng liǎng xià , jiè zhe zìjǐ zàochéng yī ge xīn rén , rúcǐ biàn chéngjiù le hémù .