Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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- BSB
- And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- KJV
- And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- WEB
- You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
- ASV
- And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
- DARBY
- and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins
- BLB
- And you⁺, being dead in your⁺ trespasses and sins—
- ÅB
- Også dere har han gjort levende, dere som var døde ved deres overtredelser og synder,
- OTB
- Og dere var åndelig livløse i deres overtredelser og synder,
- B1930
- Også eder har han gjort levende, I som var døde ved eders overtredelser og synder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 2:13
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
Read in contextEphesians 2:5–6
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
Read in contextColossians 3:1–4
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Read in contextRomans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Read in contextEphesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Read in contextJohn 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
Read in contextJohn 11:25–26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Read in context1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
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