Ephesians 2:1

Believers, once spiritually dead in sin, have been made alive by God. It sets out humanity's hopeless condition apart from grace and God's intervening life.

Cross-references · 20

• Col 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
• Eph 2:5–6made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
• Col 3:1–4Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
• Rom 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
• Eph 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
• John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
• 1 Jn 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• John 5:25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
• Eph 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• 1 Tim 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
• Eph 1:19–20and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
• John 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
• 1 Cor 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
• Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
• Rev 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
• Matt 8:22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
• Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
• 2 Cor 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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