Discovery BoxEphesians 1:7 
Context1:7 In him 1 we have redemption through his blood, 2 the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 2:8
Context2:8 For by grace you are saved 3 through faith, 4 and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Ephesians 2:16
Context2:16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. 5
Ephesians 3:17
Context3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
1 tn Grk “in whom” (the relative clause of v. 7 is subordinate to v. 6). The “him” refers to Christ.
2 sn In this context his blood, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers to the price paid for believers’ redemption, which is the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross.
3 tn See note on the same expression in v. 5.
4 tc The feminine article is found before πίστεως (pistews, “faith”) in the Byzantine text as well as in A Ψ 1881 pc. Perhaps for some scribes the article was intended to imply creedal fidelity as a necessary condition of salvation (“you are saved through the faith”), although elsewhere in the corpus Paulinum the phrase διὰ τῆς πίστεως (dia th" pistew") is used for the act of believing rather than the content of faith (cf. Rom 3:30, 31; Gal 3:14; Eph 3:17; Col 2:12). On the other side, strong representatives of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א B D* F G P 0278 6 33 1739 al bo) lack the article. Hence, both text-critically and exegetically, the meaning of the text here is most likely “saved through faith” as opposed to “saved through the faith.” Regarding the textual problem, the lack of the article is the preferred reading.
5 tn Grk “by killing the hostility in himself.”
