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Dead, Not Just Sick
Commentators unanimously stress that being 'dead in trespasses and sins' is not a metaphor for being flawed or spiritually sick. It describes a real, present state of spiritual death. John Calvin explains this as the 'alienation of the soul from God.' Like a corpse, a person in this state is insensitive to spiritual realities—God's call, Christ's love, and eternal truths—and is utterly unable to reanimate themselves.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 2:1
18th Century
Theologian
Introduction to Ephesians Chapter 2
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER
This chapter is closely connected in sense with the preceding one and sho…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 2:1
And you did he quicken (κα υμας). The verb for
did he quicken does not occur till verse 5 and then with ημ…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 2:1
19th Century
Bishop
And you hath he quickened.—And you also. St. Paul here begins the particular application to the Ephesians, the m…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 2:1
19th Century
Preacher
And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:
These were your grave clothes. You were wrapped up in them.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 2:1
“As for you” resumes the second person of 1:13, 15–18 and anticipates v.11 (“you who are Gentiles by birth”). However, as v.3 makes clear, the Jews…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 2:1
16th Century
Theologian
And you who were dead. This is an ἐπεξεργασία of the former statements, that is, an exposition accompanied by an illustration. To impress …
John Gill
On Ephesians 2:1
17th Century
Pastor
And you has he quickened
The design of the apostle in this and some following verses, is to show the exceeding sinfu…
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 2:1–10
17th Century
Minister
Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it evokes an awf…