Ephesians 2 #catechesis/bible/ephesians
[!abstract] All our good comes through Christ. He is our peace.
Book: Ephesians · ← Ephesians 1 · Ephesians 3 →
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GR Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν,
LA Et vos, cum essetis mortui delictis et peccatis vestris,
EN And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins,
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GR ἐν αἷς ποτε περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, κατὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος, τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας:
LA in quibus aliquando ambulastis secundum sæculum mundi hujus, secundum principem potestatis aëris hujus, spiritus, qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiæ,
EN wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now works on the children of unbelief:
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GR ἐν οἷς καὶ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἀνεστράφημέν ποτε ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν, ποιοῦντες τὰ θελήματα τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ τῶν διανοιῶν, καὶ ἤμεθα τέκνα φύσει ὀργῆς ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί:
LA in quibus et nos omnes aliquando conversati sumus in desideriis carnis nostræ, facientes voluntatem carnis et cogitationum, et eramus natura filii iræ, sicut et ceteri:
EN In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:
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GR ὁ δὲ θεὸς πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς,
LA Deus autem, qui dives est in misericordia, propter nimiam caritatem suam, qua dilexit nos,
EN But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us
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GR καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι
LA et cum essemus mortui peccatis, convivificavit nos in Christo (cujus gratia estis salvati),
EN even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved)
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GR καὶ συνήγειρεν καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
LA et conresuscitavit, et consedere fecit in cælestibus in Christo Jesu:
EN and has raised us up together and has made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.
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GR ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸ ὑπερβάλλον πλοῦτος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
LA ut ostenderet in sæculis supervenientibus abundantes divitias gratiæ suæ, in bonitate super nos in Christo Jesu.
EN That he might show in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.
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GR τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ πίστεως: καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον:
LA Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem, et hoc non ex vobis: Dei enim donum est:
EN For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God.
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GR οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται.
LA non ex operibus, ut ne quis glorietur.
EN Not of works, that no man may glory.
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[!note]- Not of works…
as of our own growth, or from ourselves; but as from the grace of God.
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GR αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
LA Ipsius enim sumus factura, creati in Christo Jesu in operibus bonis, quæ præparavit Deus ut in illis ambulemus.
EN For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.
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GR διὸ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ποτὲ ὑμεῖς τὰ ἔθνη ἐν σαρκί, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὑπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ χειροποιήτου,
LA Propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne, qui dicimini præputium ab ea quæ dicitur circumcisio in carne, manu facta:
EN For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore gentiles is the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands:
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GR ὅτι ἦτε τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ χωρὶς Χριστοῦ ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ξένοι τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχοντες καὶ ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ:
LA quia eratis illo in tempore sine Christo, alienati a conversatione Israël, et hospites testamentorum, promissionis spem non habentes, et sine Deo in hoc mundo.
EN That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world.
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GR νυνὶ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἵ ποτε ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγενήθητε ἐγγὺς ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
LA Nunc autem in Christo Jesu, vos, qui aliquando eratis longe, facti estis prope in sanguine Christi.
EN But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made near by the blood of Christ.
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GR αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἓν καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας, τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ,
LA Ipse enim est pax nostra, qui fecit utraque unum, et medium parietem maceriæ solvens, inimicitias in carne sua,
EN For he is our peace, who has made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:
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GR τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν καταργήσας, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιῶν εἰρήνην,
LA legem mandatorum decretis evacuans, ut duos condat in semetipso in unum novum hominem, faciens pacem:
EN Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees: that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
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GR καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ.
LA et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore, Deo per crucem, interficiens inimicitias in semetipso.
EN and might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.
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GR καὶ ἐλθὼν εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην ὑμῖν τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ εἰρήνην τοῖς ἐγγύς,
LA Et veniens evangelizavit pacem vobis, qui longe fuistis, et pacem iis, qui prope.
EN And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were near.
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GR ὅτι δι’ αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν οἱ ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα.
LA Quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo in uno Spiritu ad Patrem.
EN For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.
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GR ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ ἐστὲ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ,
LA Ergo jam non estis hospites, et advenæ: sed estis cives sanctorum, et domestici Dei,
EN Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God,
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GR ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ,
LA superædificati super fundamentum apostolorum, et prophetarum, ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Jesu:
EN built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
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GR ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν κυρίῳ,
LA in quo omnis ædificatio constructa crescit in templum sanctum in Domino,
EN In whom all the building, being framed together, grows up into an holy temple in the Lord.
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GR ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδομεῖσθε εἰς κατοικητήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν πνεύματι.
LA in quo et vos coædificamini in habitaculum Dei in Spiritu.
EN In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.
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