Key Verse Spotlight
Ephesians 2:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}”
Ephesians 2:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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. {desires: Gr. wills}
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 together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}
And hath raised {us} up together, and made {us} sit together in heavenly {places} in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in {his} kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
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