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Ephesians 2:1
1You were dead in your 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 King James Version (NKJV)And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Context of Ephesians 2:1
You were dead in your trespasses and sins. 2At that time, you walked in the way of this world, in conformity to the ruler of the domain of the air—the ruler of the spirit who is now operating in the sons of disobedience. 3We too all lived among them in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind. By nature we were children of wrath, just like the others.
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Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ephesians 2:1
- Ephesians 2:5Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By grace you have been saved!)
- Ephesians 1:19and what is His exceedingly great power toward us who keep trusting Him—in keeping with the working of His mighty strength.
- John 5:25Amen, amen I tell you, an hour is coming and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of Ben-Elohim. Those who hear will live!
- John 10:10The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly!
- John 11:25Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live.
- John 14:6Yeshua 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 Messiah Yeshua has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
- Colossians 2:13When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Him when He pardoned us all our transgressions.
- Colossians 3:1Therefore, if you have been raised up with Messiah, keep seeking the things above—where Messiah is, sitting at the right hand of God.
- Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance in them due to the hardness of their heart.
- Ephesians 5:14for everything made visible is light. This is why it says, “Wake up, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.”
- Matthew 8:22But Yeshua tells him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and has come back to life—he was lost and is found!’ Then they began to celebrate.
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wants.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Messiah compels us, since we have concluded that One died for all; as a result 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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