Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

New American Standard Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

King James Version

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Holman Bible

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

International Standard Version

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

A Conservative Version

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,

American Standard Version

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Amplified

But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,

An Understandable Version

But God, who has great love for us and abundant mercy [toward us],

Anderson New Testament

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

Bible in Basic English

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

Common New Testament

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Daniel Mace New Testament

then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

Godbey New Testament

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

Goodspeed New Testament

But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,

John Wesley New Testament

But God who is rich in mercy,

Julia Smith Translation

But God, being rich in mercy, by his much love which he loved us,

King James 2000

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Lexham Expanded Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love [with] which he loved us,

Modern King James verseion

But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But God, which is rich in mercy through his great love wherewith he loved us,

Moffatt New Testament

But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us

Montgomery New Testament

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

NET Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

New Heart English Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Noyes New Testament

but God, who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, gave to us,

Sawyer New Testament

but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,??5 even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,??y grace are you saved,

The Emphasized Bible

But, God, being rich in mercy, by reason of the great love wherewith he loved us,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,

Twentieth Century New Testament

Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,

Webster

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Weymouth New Testament

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,

Williams New Testament

But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,

World English Bible

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Worrell New Testament

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of His great love wherewith He loved us,

Worsley New Testament

But God being rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith He loved us,

Youngs Literal Translation

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

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

πλούσιος 
Plousios 
Usage: 15

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ἔλεος 
Eleos 
Usage: 25

for
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

his

Usage: 0

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

G26
ἀγάπη 
Agape 
Usage: 105

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

he loved
G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 2:4

Devotionals containing Ephesians 2:4

Images Ephesians 2:4

Prayers for Ephesians 2:4

Context Readings

Made Alive In Christ

3 among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest: 4 but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)


Cross References

Exodus 33:19

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Romans 2:4

or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

Ephesians 1:7

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 2:7

that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

Exodus 34:6-7

And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;

Deuteronomy 9:5-6

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

Psalm 51:1

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Psalm 103:8-11

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.

Psalm 145:8

Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.

Isaiah 55:6-8

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

Jeremiah 31:3

Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.

Ezekiel 16:6-8

And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!

Daniel 9:9

With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Micah 7:18-20

Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.

Luke 1:78

on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us,

John 3:14-17

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,

Romans 5:8

but God commends his love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.

Romans 5:20-21

But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,

Romans 9:15-16

For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

Romans 10:12

For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

1 Timothy 1:14

But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time,

Titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

1 John 4:10-19

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

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