Ephesians 2:19
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
KJV
ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ ἐστὲ συνπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ,
Greek NT
Ergo jam non estis hospites, et advenæ : sed estis cives sanctorum, et domestici Dei,
Vulgate
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
ASV
Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ξένος
xenos
adjective · 14×
οἰκεῖος
oikeios
adjective · 3×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πάροικος
paroikos
adjective · 4×
συμπολίτης
sumpolites
noun · 1×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἐστὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐστὲ
- ἐστὲ — SBLGNT
- ἐστὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Themes
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Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§756"Often, too, the Church is called the building of God. the Lord compared himself to the stone which the builders rejected, but which was made into the comer-stone. On this foundation the Church is built by the apostles and from it the Church receives solidity and unity. This edifice has many names to describe it: the house of God in which his family dwells; the household of God…
Mediator Dei · 2 passages
§19The Church has, therefore, in common with the Word Incarnate the aim, the obligation and the function of teaching all men the truth, of governing and directing them aright, of offering to God the pleasing and acceptable sacrifice; in this way the Church re-establishes between the Creator and His creatures that unity and harmony to which the Apostle of the Gentiles alludes in th…
§21Liturgical practice begins with the very founding of the Church. The first Christians, in fact, "were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles and in the communication of the breaking of bread and in prayers."[23] Whenever their pastors can summon a little group of the faithful together, they set up an altar on which they proceed to offer the sacrifice, and around which are …
Since there is always but one God, one Mediator between God and man, and one Shepherd of the whole flock, one Head of this body, one Spirit, one salvation, one faith, one Testament or covenant: it follows necessarily that there is only one Church, which we therefore call the catholic Church, because it is universal and is diffused through all parts and quarters of the world, an…
Cross-references
- 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- 1Pet 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
- Col 1:21 — And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
- Eph 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:
- Eph 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
- Eph 3:6 — That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
- Eph 3:15 — Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
- Exod 12:46 — In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- Ezek 47:22 — And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as
- Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
- Gal 4:26 — But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- Heb 10:21 — And having an high priest over the house of God;
- Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
- Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Heb 13:14 — For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
- Jer 12:16 — And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst o
- Matt 10:25 — It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Num 9:14 — And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one
- Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
- Ps 148:14 — He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
- Rev 21:12 — And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
- Rom 11:18 — Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
- Zech 14:21 — Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more t