Tree of Life Version
Ephesians 2:5
5Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By grace you have been saved!)
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 King James Version (NKJV)even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Context of Ephesians 2:5
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. 4But God was rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us. Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By grace you have been saved!) 6And He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Messiah Yeshua— 7to show in the olam ha-ba the measureless richness of His grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua.
Read all of Ephesians 2Ephesians 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 2:1You were dead in your trespasses and sins.
- Romans 5:6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Messiah died for the ungodly.
- 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.”
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wants.
- John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no benefit. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and are life!
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua has set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not from yourselves—it is the gift of God.
- Acts 15:11But instead, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Yeshua, in the same way as they are.”
- Romans 3:24They are set right as a gift of His grace, through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua.
- Romans 4:16For this reason it depends on trust, so that the promise according to grace might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those of the Torah but also to those of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all
- Romans 11:5So in the same way also at this present time there has come to be a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.
- Romans 16:20Now the God of shalom will soon crush satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.
- Revelation 22:21May the grace of the Lord Yeshua be with all!
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
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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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