Ephesians 2:5
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.
4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- KJV
- Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- WEB
- even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
- ASV
- even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
- DARBY
- (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
- BLB
- even us being dead in trespasses, made [us] alive with Christ—by grace you⁺ are saved—
- ÅB
- gjort oss levende med Kristus, enda vi var døde ved våre overtredelser - av nåde er dere frelst -
- OTB
- gjorde oss levende med Kristus, selv da vi var åndelig livløse i våre overtredelser—av nåde er dere frelst—
- B1930
- gjort oss levende med Kristus, enda vi var døde ved våre overtredelser - av nåde er I frelst -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:24
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextEphesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Read in contextRomans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Read in contextRomans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Read in contextActs 15:11
On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
Read in contextEphesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Read in contextTitus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
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.
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