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Ephesians 2:5

even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God's judgment).

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Death;   God Continued...;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Righteous;   Salvation;   Scofield Reference Index - Death;   Summary;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Grace;   Love;   Love-Hatred;   Meaning of the Risen Life;   Risen Life, Meaning of;   Salvation;   Saving Grace;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Grace;   Love;   Mercy;   Newness;   Quickening;   Resurrection;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Atonement, the;   Dead, the;   Death, Spiritual;   Grace;   Life, Spiritual;   Love of God, the;   New Birth, the;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Justificiation;   Quick;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Church;   Death;   Ephesians, letter to the;   Life;   Love;   Regeneration;   Resurrection;   Sin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fellowship;   Love;   Mercy;   Sexuality, Human;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Inspiration;   Man;   Mercy of God;   Regeneration;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Election of Grace;   Eternal Life;   Grace;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Colosse;   Ephesians, the Epistle to the;   Justification;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Sardis;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Ephesians, Book of;   Grace;   Mercy, Merciful;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Ethics;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Predestination;   Regeneration;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherhood (2);   Children of God;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Eternal Life (2);   Grace;   Guilt (2);   Mercy;   Presence;   Presence (2);   Regeneration;   Regeneration (2);   Religious Experience;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Saviour (2);   Sin;   Sin (2);   Unity;   Will;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Death;   Grace,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Quicken;   Regeneration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Justification;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grace;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptismal Regeneration;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Grace;   Hope;   Man, New;   Quick;   Regeneration;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for July 28;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 25;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 6;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
We were spiritually dead because of all we had done against him. But he gave us new life together with Christ. (You have been saved by God's grace.)
Revised Standard Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
even when we were deed by synne hath quickened vs together in Christ (for by grace are ye saved)
Hebrew Names Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah (by grace have you been saved),
New American Standard Bible
even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
New Century Version
Though we were spiritually dead because of the things we did against God, he gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God's grace.
Update Bible Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you have been saved)
Webster's Bible Translation
Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
English Standard Version
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
World English Bible
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved),
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
through his great love wherewith he loved us, Hath quickened us together with Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together,
Weymouth's New Testament
caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
yhe, whanne we weren deed in synnes, quikenede vs togidere in Crist, bi whos grace ye ben sauyd, and ayen reiside togidere,
English Revised Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
Berean Standard Bible
made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
American Standard Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
Bible in Basic English
Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
Complete Jewish Bible
that, even when we were dead because of our acts of disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah — it is by grace that you have been delivered.
Darby Translation
(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
International Standard Version
even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together within">[fn] Christ (by grace you have been saved),Romans 5:6,8, 10; 6:4-5; Ephesians 5:1; Colossians 2:12-13;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
while we were dead in our sins, made us alive with the Meshiha, and through his grace delivered us,
Murdock Translation
when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;
King James Version (1611)
Euen when wee were dead in sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, (by grace ye are saued)
New Living Translation
that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!)
New Life Bible
Even when we were dead because of our sins, He made us alive by what Christ did for us. You have been saved from the punishment of sin by His loving-favor.
New Revised Standard
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickened vs together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saued,
George Lamsa Translation
Even when we were dead in our sins, has made us live together with Christ, by whose grace we are saved;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ, - by favour, ye have been saved, -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, by grace are ye saued:
Good News Translation
that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.
Christian Standard Bible®
made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
King James Version
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Lexham English Bible
and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),
Literal Translation
even we being dead in deviations, He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are being saved),
Young's Literal Translation
even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)
Mace New Testament (1729)
did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:
New English Translation
even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you are saved!—
New King James Version
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Simplified Cowboy Version
Get this, boys! We were dead because we were hung up in the stirrup of sin, but when God brought his son back to life, he grabbed us by the belt and lifted us back in the saddle with a new purpose. It's God's grace that saved us, cowboys!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Legacy Standard Bible
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

Contextual Overview

4But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us, 5even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God's judgment). 6And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus, 7[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption]. 8For it is by grace [God's remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; 9not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation]. 10For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dead: Ephesians 2:1, Romans 5:6, Romans 5:8, Romans 5:10

quickened: Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 5:14, John 5:21, John 6:63, Romans 8:2

grace ye: Gr. whose grace ye, Ephesians 2:8, Acts 15:11, Romans 3:24, Romans 4:16, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:6, Romans 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Titus 2:11, Titus 3:5, Revelation 22:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:16 - the Lord Deuteronomy 7:8 - because Deuteronomy 9:4 - Speak not Deuteronomy 23:5 - because the Deuteronomy 33:3 - he loved Psalms 47:4 - whom Psalms 59:10 - The God Psalms 104:30 - sendest Psalms 119:17 - I may live Psalms 119:40 - quicken Psalms 143:11 - Quicken Isaiah 54:10 - that hath Jeremiah 31:3 - with lovingkindness have I drawn Ezekiel 16:6 - Live Ezekiel 37:5 - I will Micah 7:18 - he delighteth Zechariah 9:17 - how great is his goodness Matthew 7:11 - how Matthew 8:22 - and Matthew 20:15 - it Luke 1:78 - tender Luke 9:60 - Let Luke 15:17 - when Luke 15:24 - this John 1:16 - and grace John 5:19 - and John 5:25 - when John 17:26 - that Acts 13:48 - and as Romans 6:4 - that Romans 6:5 - For Romans 6:13 - alive Romans 6:17 - that Romans 8:11 - he that raised Romans 9:16 - General 2 Corinthians 3:6 - giveth life 2 Corinthians 4:7 - that Galatians 2:20 - nevertheless Ephesians 1:20 - he wrought Philippians 2:13 - to will Colossians 2:13 - dead Colossians 3:1 - risen Colossians 3:12 - beloved 1 Thessalonians 1:4 - your election 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - but 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which 1 Timothy 5:6 - dead 2 Timothy 1:9 - hath Hebrews 6:1 - dead Hebrews 9:14 - offered James 1:18 - his own 1 John 3:1 - what 1 John 3:14 - we have 1 John 4:10 - not Revelation 3:1 - and art Revelation 11:12 - And they

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good; bdellium (a fragrant, valuable resin) and the onyx stone are found there.
Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2
And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
Job 5:10
"He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields,
Psalms 104:14
He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—
Psalms 135:7
Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even when we were dead in sins,.... :-.

Hath quickened us together with Christ: which may be understood either of regeneration, when a soul that is dead in a moral or spiritual sense, is quickened and made alive; a principle of life is infused, and acts of life are put forth; such have their spiritual senses, and these in exercise; they can feel the load and weight of sin; see their lost state and condition, the odiousness of sin, and the beauty of a Saviour, the insufficiency of their own righteousness, and the fulness and suitableness of Christ's; breathe after divine and spiritual things; speak in prayer to God, and the language of Canaan to fellow Christians; move towards Christ, exercise grace on him, act for him, and walk on in him: and this life they have not from themselves, for previous to it they are dead, and in this quickening work are entirely passive; nor can regenerate persons quicken themselves, when in dead and lifeless frames, and much less unregenerate sinners; but this is God's act, the act of God the Father; though not exclusive of the Son, who quickens whom he will; nor of the Spirit, who is the Spirit of life from Christ; and it is an instance of the exceeding greatness, both of his power and love; and this may be said to be done with Christ, because he is the procuring and meritorious cause of it, by his death and resurrection from the dead; and is the author and efficient cause of it; and he is the matter of it, it is not so much the quickened persons that live, as Christ that lives in them, and it is the same life he himself lives; and because he lives, they shall live also; it is in him as in the fountain, and in them as in the stream: or else this may be understood of justification; men are dead in a legal sense, and on account of sin, are under the sentence of death; though they naturally think themselves alive, and in a good state; but when the Spirit of God comes, he strikes dead all their hopes of life by a covenant of works; not merely by letting in the terrors of the law upon the conscience, but by showing the spirituality of it, and the exceeding sinfulness of sin; and how incapable they are of satisfying the law, for the transgressions of it; and then he works faith in them, whereby they revive and live; they see pardon and righteousness in Christ, and pray for the one, and plead the other; and also lay hold and live upon the righteousness of Christ, when the Spirit seals up the pardon of their sins to them, and passes the sentence of justification on them, and so they reckon themselves alive unto God; and this is the justification of life, the Scripture speaks of; and this is in consequence of their being quickened with Christ, at the time of his resurrection; for when he rose from the dead, they rose with him; when he was justified, they were justified in him; and in this sense when he was quickened, they were quickened with him:

by grace ye are saved: the Claromontane copy and the Vulgate Latin version read, "by whose grace"; and the Arabic and Ethiopic versions, "by his grace"; either by the grace of him that quickens, or by the grace of Christ with whom they were quickened; the Syriac version renders it, "by his grace he hath redeemed us"; which seems to refer to the redeeming grace of Christ; and so the Ethiopic version, "and hath delivered us by his grace"; and there is a change of the person into "us", which seems more agreeable to what goes before, and follows after; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even 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 alienated and the lost. That is true love - the sincerest and the purest benevolence - love, not like that of people, but such only as God bestows. Man loves his friend, his benefactor, his kindred - God loves his foes, and seeks to do them good.

Hath quickened us - Hath made us alive see Ephesians 2:1.

Together with Christ - In connection with him; or in virtue of his being raised up from the grave. The meaning is, that there was such a connection between Christ and those whom the Father hath given to him, that his resurrection from the grave involved their resurrection to spiritual life. It was like raising up the head and the members - the whole body together; compare the notes at Romans 6:5. Everywhere in the New Testament, the close connection of the believer with Christ is affirmed. We are crucified with him. We die with him. We rise with him. We live with him. We reign with him. We are joint heirs with him. We share his sufferings on earth 1 Peter 4:13, and we share his glory with him on his throne; Revelation 3:21.

By grace ye are saved - Margin, “by whose;” see the notes at Romans 3:24. Paul’s mind was full of the subject of salvation by grace, and he throws it in here, even in an argument, as a point which he would never have them lose sight of. The subject before him was one eminently adapted to bring this truth to mind, and though, in the train of his arguments, he had no time now to dwell on it, yet he would not suffer any opportunity to pass without referring to it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ephesians 2:5. Even 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.


 
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