Darby Bible
Ephesians 2:1
1and you, being dead in your offences and sins —
Ephesians 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- New International Version (NIV)As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Context of Ephesians 2:1
and you, being dead in your offences and sins — 2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: 3among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
Read all of Ephesians 2Ephesians 2:1 word by word
Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ephesians 2:1
- Ephesians 2:5(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
- Ephesians 1:19and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
- John 5:25Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.
- John 10:10The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
- John 14:6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
- Colossians 2:13And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;
- Colossians 3:1If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things [which are] above, where the Christ is, sitting at [the] right hand of God:
- Ephesians 4:18being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
- Matthew 8:22But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
- Luke 15:24for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
- John 5:21For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens [them], thus the Son also quickens whom he will:
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
Commentaries on Ephesians 2:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1And you hath he quickened - This chapter should not have been separated from the preceding, with which it is most intimately connected. As Christ fills the whole body of Christian believers with his fullness, ( Ephesians 1:23;), so had he dealt with the converted Ephesians, who before were dead in trespasses, and dead in sins. Death is often used by all writers, and in all nations, to express a state of extreme misery. The Ephesians, by trespassing and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And you hath he quickened - The words “hath he quickened,” or “made to live,” are supplied, but not improperly, by our translators. The object of the apostle is to show the great power which God had evinced toward the people Ephesians 1:19; and to show that this was put forth in connection with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and his exaltation to the right hand of God in heaven; see the notes at Romans 6:4-11; compare Colossians 2:12-13; Colossians…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The riches of God's grace towards men, shown from their deplorable state by nature, and the happy change Divine grace makes in them. (1-10) The Ephesians called to reflect on their state of heathenism. (11-13) And the privileges and blessings of the gospel. (14-22) Verses 1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Paul describes how the people he was writing to were in a terrible spiritual condition before they believed in Jesus Christ. He says they were like dead people in their relationship with God (see 2:5; Colossians 2:13). This spiritual death happened because of their disobedience and sins. They regularly did things that went against God's will and broke his commands. Paul explains that their sinful actions were influenced by the power of the devil. The…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221. And you--"You also," among those who have experienced His mighty power in enabling them to believe (Ep 1:19-23). hath he quickened--supplied from the Greek (Ep 2:5). dead--spiritually. (Col 2:13). A living corpse: without the gracious presence of God's Spirit in the soul, and so unable to think, will, or do aught that is holy. in trespasses ... sins--in them, as the element in which the unbeliever is, and through which he is dead to the true life. Sin…Read the comment
Topics related to Ephesians 2:1
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ephesians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
Commentaries