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 2:13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• Eph 2:5–6Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Col 3:1–4If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• Rom 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• Eph 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
• John 5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• 1 Jn 3:14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• John 5:25Verily, 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.
• Eph 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• 1 Tim 5:6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• Eph 1:19–20And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
• John 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.
• 1 Cor 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• Luke 15:32It 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.
• Rev 3:1And 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.
• Matt 8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
• Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
• 2 Cor 5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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