Ephesians 2:1
And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
In Context
Cross References
Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to feast.
John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills.
John 10:10The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
John 14:6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
1 Corinthians 15:45Just as it was written that the first man, Adam, was made with a living soul, so shall the last Adam be made with a spirit brought back to life.
Ephesians 1:19and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue,
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 →