Ephesians 2:1
And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
John 14:6Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.
1 Corinthians 15:45The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.
Ephesians 1:19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards us, who believe according to the operation of the might of his power,
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 →