Ephesians 2:1
Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
In Context
Cross References
Luke 15:24because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.
John 5:21For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
John 10:10The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.
1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam developed into a living soul. The last Adam a life giving spirit.
Ephesians 1:19And what is the transcending greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the dominion of his might,
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:1
This chapter contains an account, I. Of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature ( ver. 1-3 ) and again, ver. 11, 12 . II. Of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace ( ver. 4-10 ) and again, ver. 13 . III. Of the great and mighty privileges that both converted Jews and Gentiles receive from Christ, ver. 14-22 . The apostle endeavours to affect them with a due sense of the wonderful change which divine grace had wrought in them; and this is very applicable to that great change… Read the whole commentary →