Ephesians 2:1
And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
American Standard 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 my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
John 10:10The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
Ephesians 1:19and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength 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 →