Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
In Context
4But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,
6So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;
Cross References
John 5:21In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
Acts 15:11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Romans 4:16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 5:8But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 16:20And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:5-11
The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. ( a. d. 61.) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is… Read the whole commentary →