Ephesians 2:5

5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

Ephesians 2:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
ESV
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--
NLT
5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
MSG
5 he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us!
CSB
5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. By grace you are saved!

Ephesians 2:5 In-Context

3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 1; Psalms 103:12
  • 2. ver 8; John 5:24; S Acts 15:11
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