NOTES for Eph 2:19
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; |
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The apostle Paul writes these words to a church made up mostly of former Gentiles, that is, of those who, even in the religious moments of their lives, turned not to the one God, but to a multitude of different gods, trying to extract benefit for themselves, placing themselves and their interests above the divine will. All this inevitably alienated them from the God whom Israel honored, and in relation to Israel and its God they were strangers, aliens, ungodly people.
Their turning to Christ radically changes the situation: by being united through faith with the One who, as the Son of Man, belongs to the people of Israel, and, as the Son of God, fully shares in the life of the one God, they cease to be aliens estranged from Israel on the one hand, and on the other hand acquire the most important attribute of holiness: belonging to God.
Do we understand that the same changes enter our own lives when the Good News reaches us and we respond to it with our hearts?
Readings for 28 October 2025
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