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Ephesians 2:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 19 So you are no longer strangers and foreigners,+ but you are fellow citizens+ of the holy ones and are members of the household of God,+

Ephesians 2:19

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 19 Ἄρα Really οὖν therefore οὐκέτι not yet ἐστὲ YOU are ξένοι strangers καὶ and πάροικοι, dwellers beside, ἀλλὰ but ἐστὲ YOU are συνπολῖται fellow citizens τῶν of the ἁγίων holy (ones) καὶ and οἰκεῖοι household [members] τοῦ of the θεοῦ, God,

Ephesians 2:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 19 Certainly, therefore, YOU are no longer strangers+ and alien residents,+ but YOU are fellow citizens+ of the holy ones+ and are members of the household+ of God,

Ephesians 2:19

The Bible in Living English
- 19 So then you are not strangers in an immigrant status any longer, but you are fellow-citizens of God’s people and members of God’s family,

Ephesians 2:19

American Standard Version
- 19 So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Ephesians 2:19

The Emphasized Bible
- 19 Hence then—No longer are ye strangers and sojourners, But ye are fellow-citizens of the saints And members of the household of God,—

Ephesians 2:19

King James Version
- 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2:19
  
  you are fellow citizens of the holy ones: Paul assured Gentile Christians in Ephesus that their spiritual status had changed. They were no longer strangers and foreigners with limited rights. Rather, they had become “fellow citizens of the holy ones” with common aims, obligations, and identities. They were now part of a new spiritual nation and had the same citizenship as the other holy ones. (See Php 3:20 and study note.) Christ destroyed the wall, “the Law of commandments,” that had fenced off Gentiles from Jews, giving both peoples free access to the Father through Christ.—Eph 2:14-18; see study note on Eph 2:14.
  
  members of the household of God: Paul uses the expression “members of the household” to illustrate how the anointed members of the Christian congregation were organized as a close family unit. (1Ti 3:15) In a godly household, members of the family show respect for the family head as well as for the arrangements and standards that he sets for the household. Similarly, the members of the first-century congregations felt a close spiritual kinship with one another and respected Jehovah’s arrangements regarding the congregation.—See study note on Ga 6:10.