In Christ Jesus (εν Χριστω Ιησου). All the preceding turns on this phrase. See Col 3:1 for the word συνηγειρεν.

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And has raised us up together. That is, we are raised from the death of sin to the life of religion, in connection with the resurrection o…

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 with which he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ…

In addition to making us alive with Christ (v.5), God has “raised us up” with him (GK 5283; cf. Colossians 2:12) and has “seated us with…

And hath raised us up together. The resurrection and sitting in heaven, which are mentioned here, are not yet seen by mortal eyes. Yet, as…

And has raised us up together
Which refers either to a spiritual resurrection, to a resurrection from a death in sin…

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…