Ephesians 2:1
You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
World English Bible Classic
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.’ Then they began to celebrate.
John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
John 10:10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through 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 is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us 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 →