Ephesians 2:2 NLT,NIV,ESV

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

Exposition of Ephesians 2:1-22 Verse 1. And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? 1. Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged: "You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." 2. Wherein in time past ye walked With a terrible activity of spiritual death; 3. According to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-22

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter.Paul is going to talk about someone tonight...very interesting. You! Well, at least you are interested in the subject. For many of you it is your favorite subject. If we were able to take a wide angle lens picture of the service this evening and posted it on the bulletin board, and you went up to look at that picture, who is the first one you would look for? Of course.And you ( Ephesians 2:1 )Paul said. Now notice the words,hath... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:1-22

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, thus: And you, when dead in trespasses and sins, wherein you once walked, &c. Who were dead in trespasses and sins. In Colossians 2:13 the apostle uses a similar expression: “You being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of your flesh.” Sinners are also said to be “alienated from the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ephesians 2:2

Ephesians 2:2Wherein in times 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.The life of the unregenerate1. The life of the unregenerate is a walk in transgression. Whatever they occupy themselves in, it is all sin.2. The corrupt example of such encourages others to sin. Even as damps put out a light, so this fog of sin suffocates and smothers the lightsome blaze of saving graces... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 2:2

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: Ver. 2. Wherein ye walked ] Hence, Acts 14:16 ; sin is called a way, but it leads to the chambers of death. According to the course of this world ] The mundaneity or worldliness of the world (as the Syriac rendereth it), which is wholly set upon wickedness (as Aaron saith of his worldlings, Exo 32:22 ), and takes... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ephesians 2:2

in time: Ephesians 2:3, Ephesians 4:22, Job 31:7, Acts 19:35, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Colossians 1:21, Colossians 3:7, 1 Peter 4:3, 1 John 5:19 walked according: Psalms 17:14, Jeremiah 23:10, Luke 16:8, John 7:7, John 8:23, John 15:19, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 5:10, Galatians 1:4, 2 Timothy 4:10, James 1:7, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15-Esther :, 1 John 5:4 the prince: Ephesians 6:12, John 8:44, John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11, 1 John 5:19, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:14,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 2:2

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:According to the course of this world — The word translated course properly means a long series of times, wherein one corrupt age follows another.According to the prince of the power of the air — The effect of which power all may perceive, though all do not understand the cause of it: a power unspeakably penetrating... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

II. HISTORICAL INCLUSION OF THE EPHESIANS IN THE DIVINE ELECTIVE PURPOSE, Ephesians 2:1 to Ephesians 3:21. 1. Recapitulation of their original death and subsequent resurrection, Ephesians 2:1-10. In parallelism with Christ’s resurrection and exaltation in Ephesians 1:20-23, St. Paul pictures the conceptual death of the Ephesians by sin, and their resurrection and exaltation with Christ. Their state of death, Ephesians 2:1-3; their resurrection and exaltation with Christ, Ephesians 2:4-6.... read more