Ephesians 2:4-5

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-99

Ephesians 2 THE CHURCH IS not yet completed, and the saints are here in weakness, but our Head is exalted far above all by the surpassing greatness of divine power, and this exhibits how great is the power that works toward us in life-giving energy. Hence chapter 2 simply opens with, “And you, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” God’s power has wrought, “in Christ . . . and you.” It wrought in Christ when He was dead on account of our trespasses and sins. It wrought in us when we were... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ephesians 2:4-10

God's grace manifested toward the sinners: v. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love where with he loved us, v. 5. even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) v. 6. and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, v. 7. that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. v. 8. For by grace are ye saved... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 2:1-10

B. The extent and mission of the churchEphesians 2:1-221. Reminder of the previous condition of death and the glorious new creation(Ephesians 2:1-10.)1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins [You also who were dead in your1 trespasses and your sins]; 2Wherein in time past ye [Wherein ye once] walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power [or powers]2 of the air, [of] the spirit that [which] now worketh in the children [sons] of... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 2:4-5

EPHESIANS THE RESURRECTION OF DEAD SOULS Eph_2:4-5 Scripture paints man as he is, in darker tints, and man as he may become, in brighter ones, than are elsewhere found. The range of this portrait painter’s palette is from pitchiest black to most dazzling white, as of snow smitten by sunlight. Nowhere else are there such sad, stern words about the actualities of human nature; nowhere else such glowing and wonderful ones about its possibilities. This Physician knows that He can cure the worst... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

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

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 2:4-6

‘But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are those who are saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus.’ ‘But God.’ Here is the great turning point. In the midst of man’s sinfulness and subservience to evil God stepped in. He did not leave mankind without hope, walking in darkness, not knowing where they were... 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

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