19. Now, therefore--rather, "So then" [ALFORD].
foreigners--rather, "sojourners"; opposed to "members of the
household," as "strangers" is to "fellow citizens."
Php 3:19, 20,
"conversation," Greek, "citizenship."
but--The oldest manuscripts add, "are."
with the saints--"the commonwealth of (spiritual) Israel"
(Eph 2:12).
of God--THE
FATHER; as
JESUS
CHRIST appears in
Eph 2:20,
and THE SPIRIT in
Eph 2:22.
JFB.
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