Ephesians 2:5

Ephesians 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• English Standard Version (ESV)even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
• New King James Version (NKJV)even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
• New Living Translation (NLT)that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)

Context of Ephesians 2:5

3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:5 word by word

καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ, χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Evenκαίkai · andG2532
• whenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• in sinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in sinsπαράπτωμαparaptōma · trespassG3900
• hath quickened us together withσυζωοποιέωsuzōopoieō · to make alive withG4806
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• by graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Ephesians 2:5

• Ephesians 2:1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
• Romans 5:6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
• Ephesians 5:14This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
• John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
• Romans 8:2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
• Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
• Acts 15:11No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
• Romans 3:24and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
• Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
• Romans 11:5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• 2 Corinthians 13:14May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
• Revelation 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

Commentaries on Ephesians 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Even when we were dead in sins - Dead in our souls; dead towards God; dead in law; and exposed to death eternal, Hath quickened us together with Christ - God has given us as complete a resurrection from the death of sin to a life of righteousness, as the body of Christ has had from the grave. And as this quickening, or making alive, was most gratuitous on God's part, the apostle, with great propriety, says; By grace ye are saved.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Even when we were dead in sins - notes, Ephesians 2:1; compare Romans 5:8. The construction here is, “God, who is rich in mercy, on account of the great love which he bare unto us, even being dead in sin, hath quickened us,” etc. It does not mean that he quickened us when we were dead in sin, but that he loved us then, and made provision for our salvation. It was love to the children of wrath; love to those who had no love to return to him; love to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5made us alive with Christ: Believers are united with Christ and share in his resurrection, now and in the future (see 2:6; Romans 6:4–14; Colossians 3:1–4). It is by grace you have been saved!: See Ephesians 1:2; 2:8–9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. dead in sins--The best reading is in the Greek, "dead in our (literally, 'the') trespasses." quickened--"vivified" spiritually, and consequences hereafter, corporally. There must be a spiritual resurrection of the soul before there can be a comfortable resurrection of the body [Pearson] (Joh 11:25, 26; Ro 8:11). together with Christ--The Head being seated at God's right hand, the body also sits there with Him [Chrysostom]. We are already seated there…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 2:5

• Atonement
• Death
• God Continued...
• Regeneration
• Resurrection
• Righteous
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Afar
• Alien
• Create
• Cross
• Desire
• Election of Grace
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Eternal life

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