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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 2:11 - 2:11
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The Greek order in the oldest manuscripts is, “That in time past (literally, once) ye,” etc. Such remembrance sharpens gratitude and strengthens faith (Eph 2:19) [Bengel].
Gentiles in the flesh - that is, Gentiles in respect to circumcision.
called Uncircumcision - The Gentiles were called (in contempt), and were, the Uncircumcision; the Jews were called, but were not truly, the Circumcision [Ellicott].
in the flesh made by hands - as opposed to the true “circumcision of the heart in the Spirit, and not the letter” (Rom 2:29), “made without the hands in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ” (Col 2:11).