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;)
• New International Version (NIV)made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been 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 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

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. 4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward 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 2:1And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
• Romans 5:6For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
• Ephesians 5:14Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
• John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
• John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
• Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
• Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• Acts 15:11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”
• Romans 3:24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
• Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
• Romans 11:5Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
• Romans 16:20And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
• Revelation 22:21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 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