Efésios 2:13

13 Mas agora, em Cristo Jesus, vocês, que antes estavam longe, foram aproximados mediante o sangue de Cristo.

Efésios 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.

Efésios 2:13 In-Context

11 Portanto, lembrem-se de que anteriormente vocês eram gentios por nascimento e chamados incircuncisão pelos que se chamam circuncisão, feita no corpo por mãos humanas, e que,

12 naquela época, vocês estavam sem Cristo, separados da comunidade de Israel, sendo estrangeiros quanto às alianças da promessa, sem esperança e sem Deus no mundo.

13 Mas agora, em Cristo Jesus, vocês, que antes estavam longe, foram aproximados mediante o sangue de Cristo.

14 Pois ele é a nossa paz, o qual de ambos fez um e destruiu a barreira, o muro de inimizade,

15 anulando em seu corpo a Lei dos mandamentos expressa em ordenanças. O objetivo dele era criar em si mesmo, dos dois, um novo homem, fazendo a paz,