“ And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; ”
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...
And (1) you [hath he quickened], who were (a) dead in (2) trespasses and sins; (1) He declares again the greatness of God's good will by comparing that miserable state in which we are born, with tha...
Christians are Raised and Exalted in the Risen and Exalted Christ by God's Free Grace and Gift. The recipients of the letter, like other people, had been (spiritually) dead by reason of the sins an...
And you . Even you. Resuming from Ephesians 1:19 . hath He quickened . Omit. The Ellipsis in Authorized Version and Revised Version supplied from Ephesians 2:5 . dead . App-139. in . by. No...
1. And you who were dead. This is an ἐπεξεργασία of the former statements, that is, an exposition accompanied by an illustration. (118) To bring home more effectually to the Ephesians the...
And you hath he quickened , who were dead in trespasses and sins; And you hath he quickened - This chapter should not have been separated from the preceding, with which it is most intimately connect...
And— This particle gives us the thread of St. Paul's discourse, which it is impossible to understand without seeing the train of it: without that view it would be like a rope of gold dust; all the...
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; And you - you also, among those who have experienced His mighty power in enabling them to believe ( Ephesians 1:19-23 ). Ha...
Gentiles and Jews are now One in Chirst 1-10. Further illustration of God 's power. He raised both Gentiles and Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ's side.
And you hath he quickened. — And you also. St. Paul here begins the particular application to the Ephesians, which is the main subject of this chapter, broken off in Ephesians 2:3-10 , and resum...
Chapter 7 FROM DEATH TO LIFE Ephesians 2:1-6 We pass by a sudden transition, just as in Colossians 1:21-22 , from the thought of that which God wrought in Christ Himself to that which He work...
What Grace Has Done Ephesians 2:1-10 Evidently dead men may walk; that is, they may be dead to the eternal world but alive to this world, which is moving past like the films of a moving picture...
The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God,...
CONTENTS The Church is reminded of her original State of Nature, in being quickened in Christ. The Apostle extols the Triumphs of Grace. The Chapter closeth, with showing Christ to be the Foundation...
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 natur...
And you hath he quickened , who were dead in trespasses and sins; Ver. 1. Who were dead ] Natural men are living carcases, walking sepulchres of themselves. In most families it is, as once it wa...
And you , &c. In the nineteenth and twentieth verses of the preceding chapter, the apostle had spoken of God's working in the believers at Ephesus, in order to their conversion, and resurrection...
BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH (vs.1-10) The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad state...
State of the Ephesians by Nature. A. D. 61. 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in tr...
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2 Ephesians 2:1-3 Paul setteth before the Ephesians their former corrupt heathen state, Ephesians 2:4-7 and God's rich mercy in their deliverance. Ephesians 2:8-10 We ar...
‘And you (‘He has raised from the dead', or ‘He has made alive'), when you were dead through your trespasses and sins.' The ‘and you' may refer back to ‘raised Him from the dead and made Him to sit...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 2:1 . And you did He quicken. —The italics in A.V. and R.V. show a broken construction of St. Paul’s meaning, the verb being supplied from Ephesians 2:5...
Ephesians 1:1-2 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and...
Ephesians 2:1 . You hath he quickened. The word quickened is not in the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it,...
EXPOSITION Ephesians 2:1-49 SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE EPHESIANS . This passage corresponds to Genesis 1:1 . It is a history of creation, and we note the same great stages. 1. C...
And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 1 John 3:14 ; 1 Timothy 5:6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; Colossians 2:13 ; Colossians 3:1-4 ; Ephesians 1:19 ; Ephesians 1:20 ; Ephesians 2:5 ; Ephesians 2:6 ; Ephesians 4:...
Grace in Operation Ephesians 2:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We know of no Scripture which more beautifully sets forth God's grace than Ephesians, chapter 2. The chapter begins with what we were in...
And he hath quickened you — In Ephesians 1:19-20 , St. Paul spoke of God's working in them by the same almighty power whereby he raised Christ from the dead. On the mention of this he, in the fuln...