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Ephesians 2

Eph. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

And your hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

John 5:24• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)

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Col. 2:13• ¹³And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; (Col. 2:13)

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Ministry on This Verse

1-9: By comparing what we were by nature, with what we are by grace,

10-22: he declares that we are made for good works:

and being brought near by Christ, should not live as Gentiles and foreigners, as in time past, but as citizens with the saints, and the family of God.

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Eph. 2:5‑6• ⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
⁶And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (Eph. 2:5‑6)

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Eph. 1:19‑20• ¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
²⁰Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, (Eph. 1:19‑20)

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John 5:25• ²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (John 5:25)

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John 10:10• ¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

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John 11:25‑26• ²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
²⁶And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25‑26)

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John 14:6• ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

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Rom. 8:2• ²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Rom. 8:2)

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1 Cor. 15:45• ⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)

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Col. 2:13• ¹³And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; (Col. 2:13)

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Col. 3:1‑4• ¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Col. 3:1‑4)

dead.

Eph. 2:5• ⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:5)

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Eph. 4:18• ¹⁸Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: (Eph. 4:18)

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Eph. 5:14• ¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:14)

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Matt. 8:22• ²²But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matt. 8:22)

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Luke 15:24,32• ²⁴For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
³²It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:24,32)

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John 5:21• ²¹For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (John 5:21)

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2 Cor. 5:14• ¹⁴For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: (2 Cor. 5:14)

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1 Tim. 5:6• ⁶But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (1 Tim. 5:6)

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1 John 3:14• ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (1 John 3:14)

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Rev. 3:1• ¹And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. (Rev. 3:1)

• In chapter 2 the operation of the power of God on earth, for the purpose of bringing souls into the enjoyment of their heavenly privileges, and thus of forming the assembly here below, is presented, rather than the unfolding of the privileges themselves, and consequently that of the counsels of God. It is not even these counsels; it is the grace and the power which work for their fulfillment. (“Ephesians 2” by J.N. Darby)

• In the Ephesians, the Spirit does not describe the life of the old man in sin. God and His own work are everything. (“Ephesians 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins—

W. Kelly Translation

And you, being deada in your offences and your sins,

WK Translation Notes

The word "dead" (nekrous) used here signifies properly "corpse." It is not dying as a punishment for them, but a state in which they were. Then God creates again. They are viewed not as dying by or for their sins. It is not (apothanete) but being dead (nekrous) He has quickened. The first work in the corpse is quickening with Christ, God’s act. In Romans and Colossians, it is being alive in sin, ye have died (apothanete) in Christ. In Ephesians, being dead (nekroi), we have been quickened with Him. It is a new creation. It does not seem to me there can be the smallest doubt of what is the right translation.