New King James Version
Ephesians 2:1
1And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses 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 Living Translation (NLT)Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
Context of Ephesians 2:1
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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Cross-references for Ephesians 2:1
- Ephesians 2:5even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
- Ephesians 1:19and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
- John 5:25Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
- John 10:10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- Colossians 2:13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
- Colossians 3:1If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
- Ephesians 4:18having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
- Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
- Matthew 8:22But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- Luke 15:24for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all 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
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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
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