Ephesians 2:11
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Studiennotiz
Study Note
The Gentiles are urged to remember their former state — 'in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands' — as the basis for profound gratitude. The very names used to designate the Gentiles ('Uncircumcision') reflect their exclusion from covenant identity — they were defined by what they lacked. The 'remember' imperative (2:11-12) catalogues the Gentiles' former deficits: without Christ, alien from the commonwealth, strangers to covenants, without hope, without God. The contrast with 2:13 ('but now in Christ Jesus') makes the theological movement of the passage a model for all Christian gratitude — understanding what one came from shapes appreciation for what one has received.
Andere Übersetzungen
Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
Wherefore, remember, that ye <FI>were<Fi> once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,
For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
Querverweise
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee …
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, …
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that …
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed …
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth …
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing …
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are …
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and …
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;