Ephesians 2:4

Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,

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In The King James Version

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

In Context

3And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our nature exposed us to the divine wrath, like the rest of humanity.

5even though we were dead because of our offenses, gave life to us in giving life to the Christ. (By God’s loving kindness you have been saved.)

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Cross References

Psalms 51:1In your kindness, O God, be gracious to me, in your own great pity blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 86:15But you are a God of pity and grace, patient and rich in kindness and faithfulness; turn to me with your grace, O Lord.

Psalms 145:8The Lord is full of grace and pity, patient and rich in loving-kindness.

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 →

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