Ephesians 2:3
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- WEB
- We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- ASV
- among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--
- DARBY
- among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
- BLB
- among whom we all also once conducted ourselves in the desires of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of [its] thoughts; and we were by nature children of wrath even as the rest.
- ÅB
- blant hvilke også vi alle før i tiden vandret i vårt kjøds lyster, idet vi gjorde kjødets og tankenes vilje, og vi var av naturen vredens barn slik som de andre.
- OTB
- Blant dem levde vi alle en gang i vårt kjøds lyster, idet vi gjorde kjødets og tankenes vilje, og var av naturen vredens barn, liksom de andre.
- B1930
- blandt hvilke også vi alle fordum vandret i vårt kjøds lyster, idet vi gjorde kjødets og tankenes vilje, og vi var av naturen vredens barn likesom de andre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read in contextGalatians 5:16–24
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Read in context1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Read in contextRomans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Read in contextRomans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Read in contextPsalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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