ephesians-2:8

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

What Grace Has Done Ephesians 2:1-10 Evidently dead men may walk; that is, they may be dead to the eternal world but alive to this world, which is moving past like the films of a moving picture. The death of the spirit is compatible with much active interest in the course of this world. Behind the shifting scenes of the material is the great enemy of souls. As the Spirit of God works in the obedient, so does the evil spirit work in the disobedient. Note this trinity of evil-the course of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God, who is rich in mercy, finds the material for His building. The process is that in Christ Jesus those found are made alive, are raised up, and made to sit with Him. The purpose for which the building is created is then distinctly told in the words, "That in the ages to come He might show the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-12

Grace in Operation Ephesians 2:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We know of no Scripture which more beautifully sets forth God's grace than Ephesians, chapter 2. The chapter begins with what we were in our sins. Six things are stated. The chapter follows with a threefold consideration of what grace does for us, when it quickens, raises, and causes us to sit with Christ in the Heavenly places. The third thing is the revealing of God's mercy, love and grace, as it becomes effective toward us in Christ... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Ephesians 2:8-12

A God-Planned Life Ephesians 2:8-12 ; Romans 12:1-3 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read of Epaphras that he prayed for the saints that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. The will of God toward us should ever be the chief quest of our lives. What does God want me to do, and what does He want me to be? that is the supreme question for each of us. On one occasion certain ones told Christ that His mother and His brethren sought Him. The Lord said, "Who is My mother? and who are... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:8-10

GOD’S WORKMANSHIP‘For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.’ Ephesians 2:8-2 Samuel : Life in Christ enters as an invasion to which you have to surrender absolutely, without reserve. Die to yourself! Let Him have you! You are to become His—His workmanship—to be recreated in the energy of His Manhood. Yield, yield then. Let your will... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

Paul Prays That Their Eyes May Be Opened to the Richness of What Christ Has Brought Them and Has Done For Them (1:15-2:10). Having declared what God has done for us in the overall plan of redemption Paul now reveals in more depth the work He has done within us and for us through His activity in Christ. He begins by praying that we may be given understanding so that we may grasp it, then he outlines the full glory of the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus Christ, and then he shows how those... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:8-9

‘For by grace you are those who are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.’ This links back to ‘in Christ Jesus’. We are in this position outlined above as ‘those who are saved’ because we have put our trust in Christ, and even that salvation was not of ourselves but was a gift given to us by the grace of God, the unmerited, active love and favour of God. ‘By grace.’ By God’s actively revealed and unmerited love. ‘Through... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

Ephesians 2:1-2 Samuel : . Christians are Raised and Exalted in the Risen and Exalted Christ by God’ s Free Grace and Gift.— The recipients of the letter, like other people, had been (spiritually) dead by reason of the sins and trespasses in which they formerly “ walked” in accordance with the course of the existing world-order, as subjects of the ruler who has power over the air and over the spirit operating in disobedient hearts ( Ephesians 2:1 f.); the writer in like manner, and those for... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:8

For by grace, the free favour of God, as Ephesians 2:5, are ye, even ye Ephesians, Gentiles, who had not such promises made to you as the Jews had, Ephesians 2:12, saved, from first to last, from your calling, Ephesians 2:5, to your glorification, Ephesians 2:6. Objection. How are believers said to be saved, when they are not yet glorified? Answer. 1. Because Christ their Head is glorified. 2. Because their salvation, begun in their effectual calling, shall be as certainly accomplished in them... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ephesians 2:4-9

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESEphesians 2:4. But God, who is rich in mercy.—“Unto all that call upon Him” (Romans 10:12). “He hath shut up all into disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all” (Romans 11:32). For His great love wherewith He loved us.—“A combination only used when the notion of the verb is to be extended” (Winer).Ephesians 2:5. Even when we were dead in sins.—The phrase which closes Ephesians 2:3, difficult as it is, must receive an interpretation in harmony with this... read more