Ephesians 2:3
In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Daniel 9:5We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly, and have revolted: and we have gone aside from thv commandments, and thy judgments.
Mark 7:21For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:2-4
State of the Ephesians by Nature. ( a. d. 61.) 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. The miserable condition… Read the whole commentary →