Ephesians 2:5
when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
In Context
4But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us,
6and resuscitated us with him, and seated us with him in heaven, in Jesus the Messiah:
Cross References
John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and vivifieth them; so also the Son vivifieth whom he pleaseth.
Acts 15:11But we believe, that we as well as they, are to have life by the grace of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
Romans 4:16Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:
Romans 5:8God hath here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us;
Romans 8:2For the law of the spirit of life, which is in Jesus Messiah, hath emancipated thee from the law of sin and death.
Romans 16:20And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Messiah, be with you.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:5-11
The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. ( a. d. 61.) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is… Read the whole commentary →