KJV King James Version
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
WEB World English Bible
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
ASV American Standard Version
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
Surrounding context — Ephesians 2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 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.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
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καὶG2532 · kaiandὄνταςG1510 · eimito beἡμᾶςG3165 · memeνεκροὺςG3498 · nekrosdeadτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαραπτώμασινG3900 · paraptōmatrespassσυνεζωοποίησενG4806 · suzōopoieōto make alive withτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστῷ,G5547 · ChristosChristχάριτίG5485 · charisgraceἐστεG1510 · eimito beσεσῳσμένοι.G4982 · sōzōto save
Cross-references
Romans 3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:Ephesians 2:8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Acts 15:11But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.Ephesians 2:1And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;John 5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen.Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.Romans 11:5-6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Revelation 22:21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.
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