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Ephesians 2:19

Identity and self-worthThe stranger and outcastFellowship and the churchLoneliness

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

21 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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BSB
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
KJV
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
WEB
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
ASV
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
DARBY
So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,
BLB
So then, you⁺ are no longer strangers and aliens, but you⁺ are fellow citizens of the saints and of the household of God,
ÅB
Så er dere da ikke lenger fremmede og utlendinger, men dere er de helliges medborgere og Guds husfolk,
OTB
Derfor er dere ikke lenger fremmede og utlendinger, men medborgere med de hellige og medlemmer av Guds husstand,
B1930
Så er I da ikke lenger fremmede og utlendinger, men I er de helliges medborgere og Guds husfolk,

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Cross references

  • Philippians 3:20

    But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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  • 1 John 3:1

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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  • Galatians 6:10

    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

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  • Galatians 3:26–28

    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  • Hebrews 11:13

    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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  • Ephesians 3:6

    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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  • Hebrews 12:22–24

    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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