Ephesians 2:1
At one time you were dead in your sins and evil actions,
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In The King James Version
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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Luke 15:24because this is my son who was dead, but who has returned alive; he was lost but now he's found.’ So they started celebrating.
John 5:21For just as the Father gives life to those he resurrects from the dead, in the same way the Son also gives life to those that he wants.
John 10:10The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing.
John 14:6Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 Corinthians 15:45As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Ephesians 1:19May you also understand God's amazing 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 →