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Ephesians 2:19

What does Ephesians 2:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Ephesians 2:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Ephesians 2:19 means

The consequences of access are profound. Believers are no longer strangers and sojourners; they are fellow-citizens with the saints and members of God’s household. Citizenship speaks of shared rights and responsibilities in God’s kingdom. Household conveys intimacy and belonging—God is not merely King but Father. The alienation of verse 12 is reversed; the people once far off now belong at the center of God’s community. Identity shifts from outsider to family. This new status is not earned but granted through union with Christ, and it defines how believers see themselves and one another.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household ofGod,

Context

Verse 19 begins the final movement by unfolding the positive identity that flows from reconciliation. Having equal access, believers now enjoy equal status. Verses 20–22 will deepen the image by describing the church as a building—founded on apostles and prophets, with Christ as cornerstone—growing into a temple where God dwells by the Spirit. The metaphors of city, family, and temple combine to portray a unified, holy community.

v.18for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

v.19This passage

v.20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 2:12

    that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Galatians 6:10

    So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

  • Matthew 10:25

    It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

  • Hebrews 11:13

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Galatians 3:26

    For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

  • Galatians 4:26

    But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

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