_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:1. AND YOU DID HE QUICKEN.—The italics in A.V. and R.V. show a broken construction of St. Paul’s meaning, the verb being supplied from Ephesians 2:5, where the broken thread is taken up again. DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS.—“Dead through,” etc. (R.V.). “Wha... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:4. BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY.—“Unto all that call upon Him” (Romans 10:12). “He hath shut up all into disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all” (Romans 11:32). FOR HIS GREAT LOVE WHEREWITH HE LOVED US.—“A combination only used when the notion... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:10. FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP.—We get our word “poem” from that which we here translate workmanship, lit. “something made.” Every Christian belongs to those of whom God says, “This people have I formed for Myself, that they should show forth My praise”... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:11. WHEREFORE REMEMBER, THAT YE, ETC.—All that follows in the verse serves to define the “ye,” the verb following in Ephesians 2:12 after the repeated “ye”—“ye were without Christ.” “Called Uncircumcision … called the Circumcision.” As much rancour lies... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:13. YE WHO SOMETIMES WERE FAR OFF ARE MADE NIGH.—The Gentile may sing his hymn in Jewish words: “Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; from everlasting... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 2:19. SO THEN.—Inference of Ephesians 2:14. STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS.—By the latter word is meant those who temporarily abide in a place, but are without the privileges of it. There is a verb “to parish” in certain parts of England which shows how a word ca... [ Continue Reading ]