Daniel Whedon 5. Even… dead His mercy was alive when we were dead. He loved us even when we were most unlovely. Hence how truly is all by grace. And, here, at the commencement of the picture of the redemptive process, at the first mention of our life-dawn in Christ, Paul flings abruptly in this hint, by grace… saved, preparatory to his expanding the complete statement at the close of the process, Ephesians 2:8. Mercy, goodness, grace, and all from nothing less than God, is what he is so... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:5
5. Even… dead His mercy was alive when we were dead. He loved us even when we were most unlovely. Hence how truly is all by grace. And, here, at the commencement of the picture of the redemptive process, at the first mention of our life-dawn in Christ, Paul flings abruptly in this hint, by grace… saved, preparatory to his expanding the complete statement at the close of the process, Ephesians 2:8. Mercy, goodness, grace, and all from nothing less than God, is what he is so... read more