Even when we were dead (κα οντας ημας νεκρους). Repeats the beginning of verse 1, but he changes υμας (you Gentiles) to ημας (us J…

Even when we were dead in sins. (See Barnes' commentary on Ephesians 2:1).

Compare to Romans 5:8. The construction here is: "God, w…

Even when we were dead in sins.—These words should be connected, not with “loved us,” but with “has quickened,” or rather…

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened together with Christ, (…

The main verb of this extended sentence in the Greek does not emerge until this verse (see comment on v.1). Paul’s main point is that God “made us …

Even when we were dead in sin. These words have the same emphasis as similar expressions in another Epistle.

Even when we were dead in sins (See Gill on Ephesians 2:1).

Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespa es and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it evokes an awfu…