Efesios 2:13

13 pero ahora han sido unidos a Cristo Jesús. Antes estaban muy lejos de Dios, pero ahora fueron acercados por medio de la sangre de Cristo.

Efesios 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.

Efesios 2:13 In-Context

11 Unidad y paz por medio de Cristo
No olviden que ustedes, los gentiles,
antes estaban excluidos. Eran llamados «paganos incircuncisos» por los judíos, quienes estaban orgullosos de la circuncisión, aun cuando esa práctica solo afectaba su cuerpo, no su corazón.

12 En esos tiempos, ustedes vivían apartados de Cristo. No se les permitía ser ciudadanos de Israel, y no conocían las promesas del pacto que Dios había hecho con ellos. Ustedes vivían en este mundo sin Dios y sin esperanza,

13 pero ahora han sido unidos a Cristo Jesús. Antes estaban muy lejos de Dios, pero ahora fueron acercados por medio de la sangre de Cristo.

14 Pues Cristo mismo nos ha traído la paz. Él unió a judíos y a gentiles en un solo pueblo cuando, por medio de su cuerpo en la cruz, derribó el muro de hostilidad que nos separaba.

15 Lo logró al poner fin al sistema de leyes de mandamientos y ordenanzas. Hizo la paz entre judíos y gentiles al crear de los dos grupos un nuevo pueblo en él.