Ephesians 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) ”

Ephesians 2:5 - Albert 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...
Ephesians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sins . As trespasses in Ephesians 2:1 . hath . Omit. quickened... together . made... alive with. Greek. suzoopoieo. Only here and Co Ephesians 1:2 ; Ephesians 1:13 . Christ . App-98. by...
Ephesians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Even when we were dead in sin. These words have the same emphasis as similar expressions in another Epistle. “ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died, for the...
Ephesians 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2098 THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYED Ephesians 2:4-7 . But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us...
Ephesians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Even when we were dead in sins - Dead in our souls; dead towards God; dead in law; and exposed to deat...
Ephesians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Even when we were dead, &c.— "In this wonderful love, with which he of his own good pleasure has loved us, even when we Jews, as well as Gentiles, one as much as another, were in such forlorn,...
Ephesians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Dead in sins - `dead in our х tois ( G3588 ), the] trespasses.' Quickened - `vivified'...
Ephesians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
Ephesians 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even when we were dead in sins. — These words should be connected, not with “loved us,” but with “hath quickened,” or rather, quickened. He brought life out of spiritual death.
Ephesians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Ephesians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ 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...
Ephesians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even when we were dead in sins ,.... Ephesians 2:1 . Hath quickened us together with Christ : which may be understood either of regeneration, when a soul that is dead in a moral or spiritual sens...
Ephesians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ver. 5. Hath quickened, &c. ] The very first stirrings in the womb of grace are precious to Go...
Ephesians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But God, who is rich in mercy That is, in compassion for us, amidst our sins and miseries, and in his free, gratuitous goodness and readiness to pardon the guilty, and save the lost: for his great...
Ephesians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. A. D. 61. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his grea...
Ephesians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hath quickened us; hath raised us up from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, not only in our justification, in which God frees us from our obnoxiousness to eternal death, and gives us a...
Ephesians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are those who are saved), an...
Ephesians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 2:4 . But God, who is rich in mercy. —“Unto all that call upon Him” ( Romans 10:12 ). “He hath shut up all into disobedience, that He might have mercy up...
Ephesians 2:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

dead Death (spiritual), Summary: Spiritual death is the state of the natural or unregenerate man as still in his sins. ( Ephesians 2:1 ) alienated from the life of God ( Ephesians 4:18 ); (...
Ephesians 2:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:4-7 I. Note the three privileges which are here supposed to belong to believers. (1) They are quickened. There can be no doubt that this privilege, in some intelligible sense at least,...
Ephesians 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 2:1 . And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? Ephesians 2:1 . Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to...
Ephesians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Ephesians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's grace manifested toward the sinners:
Ephesians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:14 ; Acts 15:11 ; Ephesians 2:1 ; Ephesians 2:8 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; John 5:21 ; John 6:63 ; Revelation 22:21 ; Romans 11:5 ; Romans 11:6 ; Romans 16:20 ; Romans 3:24 ; Ro...
Ephesians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Ephesians 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He hath quickened us together with Christ — In conformity to him, and by virtue of our union with him. By grace ye are saved — Grace is both the beginning and end. The apostle speaks indifferently...

Ephesians 2:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 2:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ephesians 2:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 2:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes