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Ephesians 2:1
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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
You were made alive when you were dead through trespasses and sins,
and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins—
In the past you were spiritually dead because of your sins and the things you did against God.
And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,
And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
As for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.
You used to be dead because of your sins and acts of disobedience.
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins,John 5:24; Ephesians 2:5; 4:18; Colossians 2:13;">[xr]
You also who were dead in your sins and in your transgressions,
and also you, [fn] who were dead in your sins, and in your offences,
And you hath hee quickned who were dead in trespasses, and sinnes,
And you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,
And you did he quicken, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
And you, although you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
and you being dead in deviations and sins,
And you were dead in your offenses and sins,
In the past you were spiritually dead because of your sins and the things you did against God.
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
You were dead through the trespasses and sins
Unto you also - being dead by your offences and sins,
And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins,
AND he has quickened you also who were dead because of your sins and trespasses;
In the past you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sins.
You were made alive when you were dead through trespasses and sins,
And he hath quickened you,
To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,
And whanne ye weren deed in youre giltis and synnes,
And you [hath he revived], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins
And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne
And you [he made alive,] when you were dead through your trespasses and sins,
Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,
And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
And quyckened you also, whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes,
When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,
It wasn't so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn't know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It's a wonder God didn't lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.
At one time you were dead because of your sins.
It wasn't long ago that you were hung up in the stirrup of sin because you wouldn't live the way the Boss told you to.
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
And you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
you: Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:6, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, John 5:25, John 10:10, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 14:6, Romans 8:2, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Colossians 2:13, Colossians 3:1-4
dead: Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 4:18, Ephesians 5:14, Matthew 8:22, Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32, John 5:21, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 1 Timothy 5:6, 1 John 3:14, Revelation 3:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Genesis 6:5 - every imagination Genesis 8:21 - the imagination Leviticus 11:24 - General Numbers 9:10 - be unclean Numbers 12:12 - as one dead Numbers 19:11 - toucheth the dead Deuteronomy 16:12 - General Psalms 14:1 - there Psalms 68:13 - ye have Psalms 80:18 - quicken Psalms 104:30 - sendest Proverbs 21:16 - remain Proverbs 29:13 - Lord Isaiah 64:6 - are all Ezekiel 37:11 - whole house Ezekiel 47:9 - shall live Matthew 7:11 - being Matthew 15:19 - out Matthew 20:15 - it Matthew 21:29 - he repented Luke 9:60 - Let John 3:3 - Except John 8:21 - and shall die John 10:16 - them John 12:31 - now Romans 3:10 - none Romans 4:17 - who quickeneth Romans 5:6 - For Romans 5:20 - But Romans 7:18 - that in me Romans 11:30 - as ye 1 Corinthians 6:11 - such 2 Corinthians 3:6 - giveth life Ephesians 4:17 - that ye Colossians 1:21 - sometime Titus 3:3 - we Hebrews 6:1 - dead
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And you hath he quickened,.... The design of the apostle in this and some following verses, is to show the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and to set forth the sad estate and condition of man by nature, and to magnify the riches of the grace of God, and represent the exceeding greatness of his power in conversion: the phrase
hath he quickened, is not in the original text, but is supplied from Ephesians 2:5, where it will be met with and explained: here those who are quickened with Christ, and by the power and grace of God, are described in their natural and unregenerate estate,
who were dead in trespasses and sins; not only dead in Adam, in whom they sinned, being their federal head and representative; and in a legal sense, the sentence of condemnation and death having passed upon them; but in a moral sense, through original sin, and their own actual transgressions: which death lies in a separation from God, Father, Son, and Spirit, such are without God, and are alienated from the life of God, and they are without Christ, who is the author and giver of life, and they are sensual, not having the Spirit, who is the spirit of life; and in a deformation of the image of God, such are dead as to their understandings, wills, and affections, with respect to spiritual things, and as to their capacity to do any thing that is spiritually good; and in a loss of original righteousness; and in a privation of the sense of sin and misery; and in a servitude to sin, Satan, and the world: hence it appears, that man must be in himself unacceptable to God, infectious and hurtful to his fellow creatures, and incapable of helping himself: so it was usual with the Jews to call a wicked and ignorant man, a dead man; they say i,
"there is no death like that of those that transgress the words of the law, who are called, מתים, "dead men", and therefore the Scripture says, "turn and live".''
And again k,
"no man is called a living man, but he who is in the way of truth in this world.----And a wicked man who does not go in the way of truth, is called, מת, "a dead man".''
And once more l
"whoever is without wisdom, lo, he is כמת, "as a dead man";''
Ephesians 2:5- :. The Alexandrian and Claromontane copies, and one of Stephens's, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "dead in your trespasses and sins"; and the Syriac version, "dead in your sins and in your trespasses"; and the Ethiopic version only, "dead in your sins".
i Zohar in Gen, fol. 41. 3. k Ib. in Num. fol. 76. 1. Vid. ib;. in Exod. fol. 44. 2. l Caphtor, fol. 30. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And you hath he quickened - The words “hath he quickened,” or “made to live,” are supplied, but not improperly, by our translators. The object of the apostle is to show the great power which God had evinced toward the people Ephesians 1:19; and to show that this was put forth in connection with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and his exaltation to the right hand of God in heaven; see the notes at Romans 6:4-11; compare Colossians 2:12-13; Colossians 3:1. The words “hath he quickened” mean, hath he made alive, or made to live; John 5:21; Rom 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:36.
Who were dead in trespasses and sins - On the meaning of the word “dead,” see the notes at Romans 5:12; Romans 6:2, note. It is affirmed here of those to whom Paul wrote at Ephesus, that before they were converted, they were “dead in sins.” There is not anywhere a more explicit proof of depravity than this, and no stronger language can be used. They were “dead” in relation to that to which they afterward became alive - i. e., to holiness. Of course, this does not mean that they were in all respects dead. It does not mean that they had no animal life, or that they did not breathe, and walk, and act. Nor can it mean that they had no living intellect or mental powers, which would not have been true. Nor does it settle any question as to their ability or power while in that state. It simply affirms a fact - that in relation to real spiritual life they were, in consequence of sin, like a dead man in regard to the objects which are around him.
A corpse is insensible. It sees not, and hears not, and feels not. The sound of music, and the voice of friendship and of alarm, do not arouse it. The rose and the lily breathe forth their fragrance around it, but the corpse perceives it not. The world is busy and active around it, but it is unconscious of it all. It sees no beauty in the landscape; hears not the voice of a friend; looks not upon the glorious sun and stars; and is unaffected by the running stream and the rolling ocean. So with the sinner in regard to the spiritual and eternal world. He sees no beauty in religion; he hears not the call of God; he is unaffected by the dying love of the Saviour; and he has no interest in eternal realities. In all these he feels no more concern, and sees no more beauty, than a dead man does in the world around him. Such is, in “fact,” the condition of a sinful world. There is, indeed, life, and energy, and motion. There are vast plans and projects, and the world is intensely active. But in regard to religion, all is dead. The sinner sees no beauty there; and no human power can arouse him to act for God, anymore than human power can rouse the sleeping dead, or open the sightless eyeballs on the light of day. The same power is needed in the conversion of a sinner which is needed in raising the dead; and one and the other alike demonstrate the omnipotence of him who can do it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
The character of the Ephesians previously to their conversion
to Christianity, 1-3.
By what virtue they were changed, and for what purpose, 4-7.
They were saved by faith, 8, 9.
And created unto good works, 10.
The apostle enters into the particulars of their former
miserable state, 11, 12.
And those of their present happy state, 13.
Christ has broken down the middle wall of partition between the
Jews and Gentiles, and proclaims reconciliation to both, 14-17.
The glorious privileges of genuine believers, 18-22.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse Ephesians 2:1. And you hath he quickened — This chapter should not have been separated from the preceding, with which it is most intimately connected. As Christ fills the whole body of Christian believers with his fulness, (Ephesians 1:23,) so had he dealt with the converted Ephesians, who before were dead in trespasses, and dead in sins. DEATH is often used by all writers, and in all nations, to express a state of extreme misery. The Ephesians, by trespassing and sinning, had brought themselves into a state of deplorable wretchedness, as had all the heathen nations; and having thus sinned against God, they were condemned by him, and might be considered as dead in law-incapable of performing any legal act, and always liable to the punishment of death, which they had deserved, and which was ready to be inflicted upon them.
Trespasses, παραπτωμασι, may signify the slightest deviation from the line and rule of moral equity, as well as any flagrant offence; for these are equally transgressions, as long as the sacred line that separates between vice and virtue is passed over.
Sins, αμαρτιαις, may probably mean here habitual transgression; sinning knowingly and daringly.
