Ephesians 2:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

remember you were in those days outside Christ, aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the Promise, devoid of hope and God within the world.

Cross References

Galatians 4:8

In those days, when you were ignorant of God, you were in servitude to gods who are really no gods at all;

Colossians 1:21

Once you were estranged yourselves, your hearts hostile to him in evildoing; but now he has reconciled you by dying in his mortal body,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Thessalonians 4:13

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

Ephesians 4:18

their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them —

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God —

John 15:5

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).

Hebrews 6:18

so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

Romans 9:8

meaning that instead of God's children being the children born to him by natural descent, it is the children of the Promise who are reckoned as his true offspring.

1 Peter 3:15

but reverence Christ as Lord in your own hearts. Always be ready with a reply for anyone who calls you to account for the hope you cherish, but answer gently and with a sense of reverence;

Acts 28:20

This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope."

Acts 3:25

Now you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, all families on earth shall be blessed in your offspring.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure.

1 Peter 1:21

it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.

Hebrews 11:34

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness won to strength, proved valiant in warfare, and routed hosts of foreigners.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our Hope,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope,

Colossians 1:27

It is His will that they should understand the glorious wealth which this secret holds for the Gentiles, in the fact of Christ's presence among you as your hope of glory.

Colossians 1:5

due to the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. You heard of this hope originally in the message of the Truth, in that gospel

John 10:16

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 4:22

You are worshipping something you do not know; we are worshipping what we do know — for salvation comes from the Jews.

Luke 1:72

to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant,

Acts 2:39

For the promise is meant for you and for your children and for all who are far off, for anyone whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

Ephesians 2:19

Thus you are strangers and foreigners no longer, you share the membership of the saints, you belong to God's own household,

Hebrews 8:6

As it is, however, the divine service he has obtained is superior, owing to the fact that he mediates a superior covenant, enacted with superior promises.