Ephesians 2:5 ESV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

2. The Production of the Masterwork and its Destiny CHAPTER 2:1-10 1. What we are by nature (Ephesians 2:1-3 ) 2. What God does--rich in mercy (Ephesians 2:4-6 ) 3. The destiny of the masterwork (Ephesians 2:7 ) 4. Saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8-10 ) After the great revelation of the first chapter and the prayer which followed, the production of the masterpiece itself is now brought more fully into view. We have before us a revelation concerning our state by nature and how God takes us up... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

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 to which all mankind has been reduced as a result of sin. However, verses 4 to 6 show the state and circumstances into which the grace of God has brought us who believe. "And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (v.1) emphatically refers to the Ephesians, being Gentiles. Notice,... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-22

ADDRESS TO THE GENTILES This church, like all the others, was composed of both Jews and Gentiles, but chiefly Gentiles. Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles and he never loses sight of this calling in his speaking or writing. It is especially necessary that he now address himself to them, because of the nature of the truth he is revealing: the union of Gentile and Jew in the mystical body of Christ. The chapter shows us three things: our condition by nature (Ephesians 2:1-3 ); our change... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-6

(1) ¶ 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 spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (3) Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. (4) ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:5

Quickened us together in Christ. Faith, baptism, and grace, are pledges of our future resurrection and glorification in heaven. Our present conversion is also a kind of resurrection. The time is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live. (St. Augustine upon St. John, No. 7.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if we viewed things aright, we should be far more affected by the thought of a dead soul, a lost, fallen spirit. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world. Wicked men are slaves to Satan. Satan is the author of that proud, carnal disposition... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-99

Ephesians 2 THE CHURCH IS not yet completed, and the saints are here in weakness, but our Head is exalted far above all by the surpassing greatness of divine power, and this exhibits how great is the power that works toward us in life-giving energy. Hence chapter 2 simply opens with, “And you, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” God’s power has wrought, “in Christ . . . and you.” It wrought in Christ when He was dead on account of our trespasses and sins. It wrought in us when we were... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ephesians 2:4-10

God's grace manifested toward the sinners: v. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love where with he loved us, v. 5. even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) v. 6. and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, v. 7. that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. v. 8. For by grace are ye saved... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 2:1-10

B. The extent and mission of the churchEphesians 2:1-221. Reminder of the previous condition of death and the glorious new creation(Ephesians 2:1-10.)1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins [You also who were dead in your1 trespasses and your sins]; 2Wherein in time past ye [Wherein ye once] walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power [or powers]2 of the air, [of] the spirit that [which] now worketh in the children [sons] of... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 2:4-5

EPHESIANS THE RESURRECTION OF DEAD SOULS Eph_2:4-5 Scripture paints man as he is, in darker tints, and man as he may become, in brighter ones, than are elsewhere found. The range of this portrait painter’s palette is from pitchiest black to most dazzling white, as of snow smitten by sunlight. Nowhere else are there such sad, stern words about the actualities of human nature; nowhere else such glowing and wonderful ones about its possibilities. This Physician knows that He can cure the worst... read more