Ephesians 2:5 Parallel Translations

We were dead because of our failures, but he made us alive together with Christ. (It is God's kindness that saved you.) (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

ASV:

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

BBE:

Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

DBY:

(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)

ERV:

even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

WEY:

caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--

WBS:

Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

WEB:

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

YLT:

even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

Ephesians 2:5 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 15:11 "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."

Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

2:5 Hath quickened us together with Christ. As he quickened Christ and raised him, so when we were dead in sins he gave us spiritual life by the gospel and lifted us to a new life. We were planted in the likeness of his death and resurrection (Ro 6:5).
By grace ye are saved. Not by works of the law, as he has shown so fully in the Galatian letter.

WES:

2:5 He hath quickened us together with Christ - In conformity to him, and by virtue of our union with him. By grace ye are saved - Grace is both the beginning and end. The apostle speaks indifferently either in the first or second person; the Jews and gentiles being in the same circumstance, both by nature and by grace. This text lays the axe to the very root of spiritual pride, and all glorying in ourselves. Therefore St. Paul, foreseeing the backwardness of mankind to receive it, yet knowing the absolute necessity of its being received, again asserts the very same truth, Eph 2:8, in the very same words.

MHC:

2:1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if we viewed things aright, we should be far more affected by the thought of a dead soul, a lost, fallen spirit. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world. Wicked men are slaves to Satan. Satan is the author of that proud, carnal disposition which there is in ungodly men; he rules in the hearts of men. From Scripture it is clear, that whether men have been most prone to sensual or to spiritual wickedness, all men, being naturally children of disobedience, are also by nature children of wrath. What reason have sinners, then, to seek earnestly for that grace which will make them, of children of wrath, children of God and heirs of glory! God's eternal love or good-will toward his creatures, is the fountain whence all his mercies flow to us; and that love of God is great love, and that mercy is rich mercy. And every converted sinner is a saved sinner; delivered from sin and wrath. The grace that saves is the free, undeserved goodness and favour of God; and he saves, not by the works of the law, but through faith in Christ Jesus. Grace in the soul is a new life in the soul. A regenerated sinner becomes a living soul; he lives a life of holiness, being born of God: he lives, being delivered from the guilt of sin, by pardoning and justifying grace. Sinners roll themselves in the dust; sanctified souls sit in heavenly places, are raised above this world, by Christ's grace. The goodness of God in converting and saving sinners heretofore, encourages others in after-time, to hope in his grace and mercy. Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not of works, lest any man should boast. These things are not brought to pass by any thing done by us, therefore all boasting is shut out. All is the free gift of God, and the effect of being quickened by his power. It was his purpose, to which he prepared us, by blessing us with the knowledge of his will, and his Holy Spirit producing such a change in us, that we should glorify God by our good conversation, and perseverance in holiness. None can from Scripture abuse this doctrine, or accuse it of any tendency to evil. All who do so, are without excuse.

CONC:

Alive Caused Christ Dead Grace Offences Quickened Salvation Saved Sins Though Transgressions Trespasses

Alive Caused Christ Dead Grace Live Offences Quickened Salvation Saved Sins Together Transgressions Trespasses

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