Ephesians 1:13

1:13 And when ¹  you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ ²  – you were marked with the seal ³  of the promised Holy Spirit, ⁴ 

Ephesians 2:12

2:12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, ⁵  alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, ⁶  having no hope and without God in the world.

¹ tn Grk “in whom you also, when…” (continuing the sentence from v. 12).

² tn Grk “in whom also having believed.” The relative pronoun “whom” has been replaced in the translation with its antecedent (“Christ”) to improve the clarity.

³ tn Or “you were sealed.”

⁴ tn Grk “the Holy Spirit of promise.” Here ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias, “of promise”) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁵ tn Or “without Christ.” Both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.” Because the context refers to ancient Israel’s messianic expectation, “Messiah” was employed in the translation at this point rather than “Christ.”

⁶ tn Or “covenants of the promise.”