Ephesians 2:19
So then ( αρα ουν ). Two inferential particles (accordingly therefore).No more ( ουκετ ). No longer.
Sojourners ( παροικο ). Old word for dweller by (near by, but not in). So Ac 7:6, 29; 1Pe 2:11 (only other N.T. examples). Dwellers just outside the house or family of God.
Fellow-citizens ( συνπολιτα, old, but rare word, here only in N.T.), members now of the πολιτεια of Israel (verse 12), the opposite of ξενο κα παροικο.
Of the household of God ( οικειο του θεου ). Old word from οικος (house, household), but in N.T. only here, Ga 6:10; 1Ti 5:8. Gentiles now in the family of God (Ro 8:29).
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