Ephesians 2:5 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

Association with Christ. The concluding thought of the first chapter was the resurrection and exaltation of Christ. In order now to bring out how they were benefited thereby, he calls up to them their original condition . He shows them the pit out of which they have been dug, the rock out of which they have been hewn. In the first and second verses he has special reference to Gentile Christians, in the third verse he includes Jewish Christians in his description. I. GENTILE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

Gospel reformation great and gracious. "And you hath he quickened," etc. This passage, though its language is somewhat obscure, sets forth most manifestly the greatness and graciousness of gospel reformation . The gospel is a reformative system; it is revolutionary in its spirit and its aim. It uproots the noxious in life, and plants the wholesome. It pulls down the corrupt and builds up the holy. It burns up man's old moral heavens and creates new ones, "wherein dwelleth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:5

Even when we were dead in our sins. Repeated from Ephesians 2:1 , in order to set in its true light the declaration that follows of what God did for us to make more emphatic the free and sovereign mercy of God. Though sin is the abominable thing which he hates, loathsome to him in the last degree, he did not turn from us when we were immersed in it; nor did he wait till we began to move towards him: he began to influence us even when we were dead. Made us alive together with Christ ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:5

The believer's union with Christ. The apostle teaches that, in virtue of the union between Christ and his people, his death was their death, his life their life, his exaltation their exaltation. It is the familiar doctrine of Romans 6:4 , "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." These words indicate a bond of connection between the spiritual life of... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 dead in sin, hath quickened us,” etc. It does not mean that he quickened us when we were dead in sin, but that he loved us then, and made provision for our salvation. It was love to the children of wrath; love to those who had no love to return to him; love to the alienated and the lost. That is true love... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:4-6

Ephesians 2:4-6. 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 love Of benevolence and bounty; wherewith he loved us When there was nothing in us but sin and misery to move him to do it. Love in God was the cause why he resolved to show mercy to certain descriptions of persons, namely, to such as should obey the gospel call to repentance,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

2:1-3:21 GOD’S PLAN FOR THE CHURCHSinners saved by grace (2:1-10)In their natural state, all people are spiritually dead because of sin. Nothing they do can bring them back to life, because no matter how much good they try to do, they are still sinners. This is true of Jews and Gentiles alike. In body and mind they are under the control of Satan, and consequently are rebellious against God (2:1-3). Such rebels do not deserve God’s love, but God loves them nevertheless. God does for sinners what... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

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 No preposition. Dative case. grace. App-184 . are = were. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:5

Ephesians 2:5. 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, wretched, and desperate circumstances, as to be dead in sin, and so helpless, hopeless, and loathsome in our fallen state; he even then quickened us;"—that is, by the Spirit given to those who by faith in Christ were united to him, became his members, and sons of God, partaking of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

5. dead in sins—The best reading is in the Greek, "dead in our (literally, 'the') trespasses." quickened—"vivified" spiritually, and consequences hereafter, corporally. There must be a spiritual resurrection of the soul before there can be a comfortable resurrection of the body [PEARSON] (John 11:25; John 11:26; Romans 8:11). together with Christ—The Head being seated at God's right hand, the body also sits there with Him [CHRYSOSTOM]. We are already seated there IN Him ("in Christ Jesus,"... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:5

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:5

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

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