Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

And you [Gentiles] were once [spiritually] dead because of your shortcomings and sins.

New American Standard Bible

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

King James Version

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Holman Bible

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

International Standard Version

You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

A Conservative Version

Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins

American Standard Version

And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Amplified

And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,

Anderson New Testament

Even you, being dead to offenses and sins,

Bible in Basic English

And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

Common New Testament

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Daniel Mace New Testament

When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,

Darby Translation

and you, being dead in your offences and sins --

Godbey New Testament

You, who were dead in trespasses and in your sins,

Goodspeed New Testament

You also were dead because of the offenses and sins

John Wesley New Testament

And he hath quickened you,

Julia Smith Translation

And ye being dead in faults and in sins;

King James 2000

And you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,

Modern King James verseion

And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And you hath he quickened also, that were dead in trespass and sin:

Moffatt New Testament

And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins

Montgomery New Testament

And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your trespasses and sins,

NET Bible

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

New Heart English Bible

You were made alive when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

Noyes New Testament

and you also [he raised up], who were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Sawyer New Testament

And you being dead in trespasses and sins,??2 in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,

The Emphasized Bible

Unto you also - being dead by your offences and sins,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

Twentieth Century New Testament

You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins.

Webster

And you hath he revived, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Weymouth New Testament

To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,

Williams New Testament

You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins

World English Bible

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

Worrell New Testament

You also did He make alive, when ye were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Worsley New Testament

And you hath he made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins,

Youngs Literal Translation

Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128

νεκρός 
Nekros 
Usage: 105

παράπτωμα 
Paraptoma 
Usage: 17

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 2:1

Devotionals containing Ephesians 2:1

Images Ephesians 2:1

Prayers for Ephesians 2:1

Context Readings

Made Alive In Christ

1 And you [Gentiles] were once [spiritually] dead because of your shortcomings and sins. 2 You practiced such things when you lived according to the evil ways of this world, and according to the ruler of the [spiritual] powers of the air. [Note: This refers to Satan, whose influence permeates life around us]. He is the [evil] spirit who is now at work in people who are disobedient [to God].


Cross References

Colossians 2:13

And when you were [spiritually] dead because of your sins and your lack of being physically circumcised [Note: This refers to their having been unconverted Gentiles and therefore outside of a relationship with God], God made you alive [again] together with Christ, having forgiven us for all of our sins.

John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them [renewed] life [for their bodies ?], even so the Son also gives [renewed] life to [the spirits ?] of whoever He wants to.

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that people could have life to its fullest.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; the person who believes in me will live on, even though he dies [physically].

Ephesians 2:5-6

restored [spiritual] life to us with Christ, even though we were [spiritually] dead because of our sins --- it is by God's unearned favor that you have been saved.

Ephesians 4:18

Their understanding [of spiritual things] is darkened and excluded from the [spiritual] life that God gives, because of the ignorance in their minds and the stubbornness in their hearts.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus answered him, "Become my follower, and let the [spiritually] dead bury them" [i.e., let a person's relatives care for their own family members until they die].

Luke 15:24

For my son here was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again. He was lost [from me], but [now] is found.' And they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

But it was [only] proper that we celebrate and have a good time, for this brother of yours was dead [spiritually], but is [now] alive again; he was lost [from me] but [now] is found.'"

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I tell you, the time is coming, and is now [actually] here, when those who are [spiritually] dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear [i.e., and heed His message] will have [spiritual] life.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, "I am the way [to God], and the truth [to believe], and the life [to live]. No one can go to the Father, except through [believing in] me.

Romans 8:2

For the Holy Spirit's law which provides [never ending] life for those in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus has freed me from the law that requires [spiritual] death for sinning.

1 Corinthians 15:45

So, it is also written [Gen. 2:7], "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam [i.e., Christ], became the Spirit who gives [never ending] life. [See John 5:21].

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ's love for us motivates us, because we have concluded that, [since] one person [i.e., Christ] died for all people, so then all people have died. [Note: This may mean simply that Christ died for all people, who were dead in their sins].

Ephesians 1:19-20

and what God's tremendous power [working] in us believers is. [This power is] the same as that utilized by God's mighty strength,

Ephesians 5:14

So, it says, "You who are asleep, wake up and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you [i.e., illuminate you]." [Note: The foregoing words may have been an early saying, used at someone's immersion, which included the ideas of "rising up" (See Col. 2:12) and "illumination" (See Heb. 6:4)].

Colossians 3:1-4

If then you people have been raised up together with Christ [i.e., from your burial in immersion, See 2:12-13 with Rom. 6:4], pay attention to the things that are above [i.e., heavenly things], where Christ is seated at the right side of God.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who devotes herself to unrestrained pleasure is [spiritually] dead, even while still living.

1 John 3:14

[For] we [can] know that we have passed out of [the realm of spiritual] death and into [spiritual] life, because we [show] love for the brothers [and sisters]. The person who does not love [them] continues to be [spiritually] dead.

Revelation 3:1

"And write [this] to the angel of the church at Sardis: These are the words of Him who has the seven Spirits of God [i.e., Jesus, who has the Holy Spirit] and the seven stars [i.e., the seven angels of the seven churches. See 1:20]: I know about your deeds, that you have a reputation for being [spiritually] alive, but you are [really] dead.

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