Epheser 2 | Elberfelder Bibel

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Vom Tod zum Leben

1 Auch euch ⟨hat er auferweckt⟩, die ihr tot wart in euren Vergehungen und Sünden, (Lk 15,24; Kol 2,13) 2 in denen ihr einst wandeltet gemäß dem Zeitlauf^[1] dieser Welt, gemäß dem Fürsten der Macht^[2] der Luft, des Geistes, der jetzt in den Söhnen des Ungehorsams wirkt. (Joh 12,31; Gal 1,4; Tit 3,3) 3 Unter diesen hatten auch wir einst alle unseren Verkehr in den Begierden unseres Fleisches, indem wir den Willen^[3] des Fleisches und der Gedanken taten und von Natur Kinder des Zorns waren wie auch die anderen. (Röm 2,23; Kol 1,21; Kol 3,6; 2Petr 2,14; 1Joh 2,16)

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4 Gott aber, der reich ist an Barmherzigkeit, hat um seiner vielen Liebe willen, womit er uns geliebt hat, (Ps 103,8; Röm 5,8; 2Thess 2,16; Tit 3,5; 1Petr 1,3)

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5 auch uns, die wir in den Vergehungen tot waren, mit dem Christus lebendig gemacht – durch Gnade seid ihr gerettet! (Kol 2,13) 6 Er hat uns mitauferweckt und mitsitzen lassen in der Himmelswelt^[4] in Christus Jesus, (Eph 1,3; Kol 2,12) 7 damit er in den kommenden Zeitaltern^[5] den überragenden Reichtum seiner Gnade in Güte an uns erweist in Christus Jesus. (Eph 1,6) 8 Denn aus Gnade seid ihr gerettet durch Glauben, und das nicht aus euch, Gottes Gabe ist es; (Lk 7,50; Apg 15,11; Röm 3,24; Röm 4,16)

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9 nicht aus Werken, damit niemand sich rühmt. (Röm 3,20; Röm 4,2; Röm 11,6; 1Kor 1,29; Gal 2,16; 2Tim 1,9; Tit 3,5)

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10 Denn wir sind sein Gebilde, in Christus Jesus geschaffen zu guten Werken, die Gott vorher bereitet hat, damit wir in ihnen wandeln sollen. (Ps 100,3; 2Kor 5,17; Kol 1,10; Tit 2,14)

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Juden und Heiden – eins in Christus

11 Deshalb denkt daran, dass ihr, einst ⟨aus den⟩ Nationen dem Fleisch nach^[6] – »Unbeschnittene« genannt von der sogenannten »Beschneidung«, die im Fleisch mit Händen geschieht – (Kol 2,13) 12 zu jener Zeit ohne Christus wart, ausgeschlossen^[7] vom Bürgerrecht Israels und Fremdlinge hinsichtlich der Bündnisse der Verheißung; und ihr hattet keine Hoffnung und wart ohne Gott in der Welt. (Röm 9,4; Gal 4,8; 1Thess 4,13) 13 Jetzt aber, in Christus Jesus, seid ihr, die ihr einst fern wart, durch das Blut des Christus nahe geworden. (Ps 148,14; Joh 14,27; Eph 4,18; Kol 1,21)

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14 Denn er ist unser Friede. Er hat aus beiden eins gemacht und die Zwischenwand der Umzäunung,^[8] die Feindschaft, in seinem Fleisch abgebrochen. (Joh 10,16; Gal 3,28; Kol 1,20; Kol 1,22)

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15 Er hat das Gesetz^[9] der Gebote in Satzungen beseitigt, um die zwei – Frieden stiftend – in sich selbst zu einem neuen Menschen zu schaffen (Kol 2,14) 16 und die beiden in einem Leib mit Gott zu versöhnen durch das Kreuz, durch das er^[10] die Feindschaft getötet hat. (2Kor 5,18) 17 Und er kam und hat Frieden verkündigt^[11] euch, den Fernen, und Frieden den Nahen. (Jes 57,19; Apg 10,36) 18 Denn durch ihn haben wir beide durch einen Geist den Zugang zum Vater. (Röm 5,2; Gal 4,6; Eph 3,12; Eph 4,4; Hebr 10,19)

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19 So seid ihr nun nicht mehr Fremde und Nichtbürger^[12], sondern ihr seid Mitbürger der Heiligen und Gottes Hausgenossen. (Eph 3,6; 1Tim 3,15; Hebr 12,22) 20 ⟨Ihr seid⟩ aufgebaut auf der Grundlage der Apostel und Propheten, wobei Christus Jesus selbst Eckstein ist. (Mt 21,42; 1Kor 3,11; 1Kor 12,28; Eph 4,11; Offb 21,14)

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21 In ihm zusammengefügt, wächst der ganze Bau zu einem heiligen Tempel im Herrn, (1Kor 3,9; 1Kor 3,16; Eph 4,16) 22 und in ihm werdet auch ihr mit aufgebaut zu einer Behausung Gottes im Geist. (1Tim 3,15; Hebr 3,6; 1Petr 2,5)

New International Reader’s Version

God has given us new life through Christ

1 You were living in your sins and lawless ways. But in fact you were dead. 2 You used to live as sinners when you followed the ways of this world. You served the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. He is the spirit who is now at work in those who don’t obey God. 3 At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us as he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were. 4 But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy. 5 So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you. 6 God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus. 7 He has done it to show the riches of his grace for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 8 God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift. 9 It is not based on anything you have done. No one can boast about earning it. 10 We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.

God’s new family of Jews and Gentiles

11 You who are not Jews by birth, here is what I want you to remember. You are called ‘uncircumcised’ by those who call themselves ‘circumcised’. But they have only been circumcised in their bodies by human hands. 12 Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world. 13 At one time you were far away from God. But now you belong to Christ Jesus. He spilled his blood for you. This has brought you near to God. 14 Christ himself is our peace. He has made Jews and Gentiles into one group of people. He has destroyed the hatred that was like a wall between us. 15 Through his body on the cross, Christ set aside the law with all its commands and rules. He planned to create one new people out of Jews and Gentiles. He wanted to make peace between them. 16 He planned to bring both Jews and Gentiles back to God as one body. He planned to do this through the cross. On that cross, Christ put to death their hatred towards one another. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away. He also preached peace to those who were near. 18 Through Christ we both come to the Father by the power of one Holy Spirit. 19 So you are no longer outsiders and strangers. You are citizens together with God’s people. You are also members of God’s family. 20 You are a building that is built on the apostles and prophets. They are the foundation. Christ Jesus himself is the most important stone in the building. 21 The whole building is held together by him. It rises to become a holy temple because it belongs to the Lord. 22 And because you belong to him, you too are being built together. You are being made into a house where God lives through his Spirit.