Ephesians 2:4

2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 2:16

2:16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. ¹ 

Ephesians 2:22

2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:6

4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 4:24

4:24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image ²  – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. ³ 

Ephesians 4:30

4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:32

4:32 Instead, ⁴  be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. ⁵ 

Ephesians 5:20

5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for each other ⁶  in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 6:17

6:17 And take the helmet of salvation ⁷  and the sword ⁸  of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Grk “by killing the hostility in himself.”

[4:24]  ¹ tn Or “in God’s likeness.” Grk “according to God.” The preposition κατά used here denotes a measure of similarity or equality (BDAG 513 s.v. B.5.b.α).

[4:24]  ² tn Or “in righteousness and holiness which is based on truth” or “originated from truth.”

[4:32]  ¹ tc ‡ Although most witnesses have either δέ (de; Ì⁴⁹ א A D² Ψ 33 1739^mg Ï lat) or οὖν (oun; D* F G 1175) here, a few important mss lack a conjunction (Ì⁴⁶ B 0278 6 1739* 1881). If either conjunction were originally in the text, it is difficult to explain how the asyndetic construction could have arisen (although the dropping of δέ could have occurred via homoioteleuton). Further, although Hellenistic Greek rarely joined sentences without a conjunction, such does occur in the corpus Paulinum on occasion, especially to underscore a somber point. “Instead” has been supplied in the translation because of stylistic requirements, not textual basis. NA²⁷ places δέ in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.

[4:32]  ² tn Or “forgiving.”

[5:20]  ¹ tn Grk “for all.” The form “all” can be either neuter or masculine.

[6:17]  ¹ sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.

[6:17]  ² sn The Greek term translated sword (μάχαιρα, macaira) refers to the Roman gladius, a short sword about 2 ft (60 cm) long, used for close hand-to-hand combat. This is the only clearly offensive weapon in the list of armor mentioned by the author (he does not, for example, mention the lance [Latin pilum]).