Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

Even though we were 'dead' because of our offenses, gave Life to us in giving Life to the Christ. (By God's loving-kindness you have been saved.)

New American Standard Bible

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

King James Version

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Holman Bible

made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

International Standard Version

even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),

A Conservative Version

even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace),

American Standard Version

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),

Amplified

even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).

An Understandable Version

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.

Anderson New Testament

made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved,)

Bible in Basic English

Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

Common New Testament

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Daniel Mace New Testament

did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:

Darby Translation

(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)

Godbey New Testament

created life in us in Christ, who were dead in trespasses, by grace you have been saved,

Goodspeed New Testament

he made us, dead as we were through our offenses, live again with the Christ. It is by his mercy that you have been saved.

John Wesley New Testament

through his great love wherewith he loved us, Hath quickened us together with Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together,

Julia Smith Translation

And we being dead in faults, he made alive together with Christ, (by grace are ye saved;)

King James 2000

Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

Lexham Expanded Bible

and we being dead in trespasses, he made [us] alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

Modern King James verseion

(even when we were dead in sins) has made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

even when we were dead by sin, hath quickened us together in Christ - for by grace are ye saved -

Moffatt New Testament

he made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved);

Montgomery New Testament

even while we were dead in our trespasses, made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved).

NET Bible

even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! --

New Heart English Bible

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Noyes New Testament

even when dead through our trespasses, life with Christ,by grace have ye been saved,

The Emphasized Bible

Although we were dead by our offences, gave us life together with the Christ, - by favour, ye have been saved, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,)

Webster

Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Weymouth New Testament

caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--

Williams New Testament

has made us, though dead because of our shortcomings, live again in fellowship with Christ -- it is by His unmerited favor that you have been saved.

World English Bible

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Worrell New Testament

even when we were dead in our offenses, made us alive with Christ (by grace ye have been saved),

Worsley New Testament

hath made us alive in Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (for by grace ye are saved) and hath raised us up together,

Youngs Literal Translation

even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

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

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

we
ἡμᾶς 
hemas 
us, we, our, us-ward 9, not tr
Usage: 170

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

νεκρός 
Nekros 
Usage: 105

in sins
παράπτωμα 
Paraptoma 
Usage: 17

συζωοποιέω 
Suzoopoieo 
Usage: 2

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

by grace
χάρις 
Charis 
Usage: 151

ye are
ἐστέ 
Este 
are, be, is, belong to, have been, not tr
Usage: 53

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 2:5

Devotionals containing Ephesians 2:5

Images Ephesians 2:5

Context Readings

Made Alive In Christ

4 Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 Even though we were 'dead' because of our offenses, gave Life to us in giving Life to the Christ. (By God's loving-kindness you have been saved.) 6 And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,

Cross References

Ephesians 2:1

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

Acts 15:11

No, it is through the loving-kindness of the Lord Jesus that we, just as they do, believe that we have been saved."

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's.

Romans 5:6

Seeing that, while we were still powerless, Christ, in God's good time, died on behalf of the godless.

Romans 5:8

But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

Romans 5:10

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ's Life.

John 5:21

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

Romans 3:24

But, in his loving-kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:16

That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;

Romans 8:2

For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death.

Romans 11:5-6

And so in our own time, too, there is to be found a remnant of our nation selected by God in love.

Romans 16:20

And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.

2 Corinthians 13:14

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion with the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said--'Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, and the Christ shall give thee light!'

Titus 2:11

For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all;

Titus 3:5

not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit,

Revelation 22:21

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, be with his People.

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