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  • Ephesians 2:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 12 At that time you were without Christ, alienated from the state of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the promise;+ you had no hope and were without God in the world.+

  • Ephesians 2:12
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 12 ὅτι that ἦτε YOU were τῷ to the καιρῷ appointed time ἐκείνῳ that χωρὶς apart from Χριστοῦ, Christ, ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι having been alienated from τῆς the πολιτείας citizenry τοῦ of the Ἰσραὴλ Israel καὶ and ξένοι strangers τῶν of the διαθηκῶν covenants τῆς of the ἐπαγγελίας, promise, ἐλπίδα hope μὴ not ἔχοντες having καὶ and ἄθεοι godless ἐν in τῷ the κόσμῳ. world.

  • Ephesians 2:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 12 that YOU were at that particular time without Christ,+ alienated+ from the state of Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise,+ and YOU had no hope+ and were without God in the world.*+

  • Ephesians 2:12
    The Bible in Living English
    • 12* that at that time, away from Christ, you were cut off by unrelation from citizenship in Israel and were strangers to the covenants of the promise, hopeless and godless in the world;

  • Ephesians 2:12
    American Standard Version
    • 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Ephesians 2:12
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 12 That ye were in that season Separate from Christ, Alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, Having no hope And godless in the world;

  • Ephesians 2:12
    King James Version
    • 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:

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 2:12 it-1 923, 1138; it-2 762

  • Ephesians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:12 w72 691-693; w67 551; w65 471; im 276; w51 682; w39 327; w34 116; jh 169

  • Ephesians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:12

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 923, 1137-1138

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 762

      The Watchtower,

      11/15/1972, pp. 691, 692-693

      9/15/1967, pp. 550-552

      8/1/1965, pp. 470-471

      11/15/1951, pp. 681-683

  • Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:12

      alienated from the state of Israel: Before coming to know God’s purposes, some Ephesian Christians had been uncircumcised “people of the nations.” (Eph 2:11) As such, they were alienated from the nation that had a special relationship with God. (Ex 19:5, 6; 1Ki 8:53) The non-Israelite nations had neither a knowledge of God’s dealings nor an approved standing with him.

      you had no hope and were without God: The Gentile Christians, like the Jews, were sinners who descended from sinful Adam. However, Christ Jesus’ sacrifice opened the way for those of the non-Jewish nations to have a close relationship with God and the sure hope of everlasting life.​—Eph 1:7; 2:13.

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