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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:

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without.

John 10:16• ¹⁶And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must lead, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock , one shepherd. (John 10:16)

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John 15:5• ⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5)

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Col. 1:21• ²¹And you [who] once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, (Col. 1:21)

aliens.

Eph. 4:18• ¹⁸being darkened in the understanding, estranged from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardening of their heart, (Eph. 4:18)

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Ezra 4:3• (Ezra 4:3)

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Isa. 61:5• (Isa. 61:5)

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Ezek. 13:9• (Ezek. 13:9)

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Heb. 11:34• ³⁴quenched fire's power, escaped sword's edge, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight armies of aliens. (Heb. 11:34)

the covenants.

Gen. 15:18• (Gen. 15:18)

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Gen. 17:7‑9• (Gen. 17:7‑9)

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Ex. 24:3‑11• (Ex. 24:3‑11)

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Num. 18:19• (Num. 18:19)

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Psa. 89:3‑18• (Psa. 89:3‑18)

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Jer. 31:31‑34• (Jer. 31:31‑34)

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Jer. 33:20‑26• (Jer. 33:20‑26)

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Ezek. 37:26• (Ezek. 37:26)

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Luke 1:72• ⁷²to fulfil mercy with our fathers, and remember his holy covenant; (Luke 1:72)

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Acts 3:25• ²⁵Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (Acts 3:25)

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Rom. 9:4‑5,8• ⁴which are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the law-giving and the service and the promises;
⁵whose are the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ as far as according to flesh, who is over all God blessed forever. Amen.
⁸That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; (Rom. 9:4‑5,8)

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Gal. 3:16‑17• ¹⁶But to Abraham were addressed the promises, and to his seed; he doth not say “and to seeds” as of many, but as of one “and to thy seed,” which is Christ.
¹⁷Now this I say: the covenant ratified beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, doth not annul so as to make the promise void. (Gal. 3:16‑17)

having.

Jer. 14:8• (Jer. 14:8)

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Jer. 17:13• (Jer. 17:13)

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John 4:22• ²²Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:22)

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Acts 28:20• ²⁰For this cause therefore did I call for you to see and to speak with, for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain. (Acts 28:20)

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Col. 1:5,27• ⁵on account of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
²⁷to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:5,27)

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1 Thess. 4:13• ¹³But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleep; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope. (1 Thess. 4:13)

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2 Thess. 2:16• ¹⁶But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, that loved us and gave everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace, (2 Thess. 2:16)

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1 Tim. 1:1• ¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus according to command of God our Saviour and of Christ Jesus our hope, (1 Tim. 1:1)

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Heb. 6:18• ¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)

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1 Peter 1:3,21• ³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead,
²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:3,21)

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1 Peter 3:15• ¹⁵but sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, ready always for answer to everyone that asketh you a reason for the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear, (1 Peter 3:15)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that hath this hope on him purifieth himself even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3)

without.

2 Chron. 15:3• (2 Chron. 15:3)

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Isa. 44:6• (Isa. 44:6)

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Isa. 45:20• (Isa. 45:20)

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Hos. 3:4• (Hos. 3:4)

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Acts 14:15‑16• ¹⁵and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them;
¹⁶who in the bygone generations suffered all the Gentiles to walk in their own ways. (Acts 14:15‑16)

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Rom. 1:28‑32• ²⁸And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things;
²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, ill-will; whisperers,
³⁰slanderers, God-hated, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
³¹void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, pitiless;
³²which, knowing right well the righteous award of God that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practice them but also have a fellow-pleasure in those that do [them]. (Rom. 1:28‑32)

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1 Cor. 8:4‑6• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one.
⁵For even if there are [so-]called gods whether in heaven, or on earth, as there are gods many and lords many;
⁶yet to us [there is] one God the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:4‑6)

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1 Cor. 10:19‑20• ¹⁹What say I then? that an idol-sacrifice is anything, or that an idol is anything?
²⁰but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:19‑20)

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Gal. 4:8• ⁸But then, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods; (Gal. 4:8)

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1 Thess. 4:5• ⁵not in passion of lust, even as also the Gentiles that know not God; (1 Thess. 4:5)

• “And they were strangers from the covenants of promise.” God gave glorious promises in the form of a covenant, and bound Himself to accomplish them. The Gentiles had no part nor lot in them. (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:11-22” by W. Kelly)

• “The promises,” then, do not go up higher than Abraham: they are connected with the dispensations of God. It may be asked, Have we not promises? I answer, We have all the promises of God; but how and where? They are yea and amen in Christ Jesus. If we have Christ, we are Abraham's seed, and inheritors of the promises, though in a way totally differing from that in which the Jews had them of old, or will have them by and by. We come in on the ground of pure mercy, and as outside covenant altogether. (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:11-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Godh in the world:

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Or "atheists."

W. Kelly Translation

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that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: