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No One Is Exempt
Paul deliberately uses 'we all' to include himself and his fellow Jews, who were religiously devout. Commentators stress this to show that before Christ, everyone, regardless of heritage or outward piety, was in the same state. There is no natural difference between the 'brightest saint' and the 'blackest sinner'; all are equally in need of God's grace.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 2:3
18th Century
Theologian
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 2:3
We also all (κα ημεις παντες). We Jews.
Once lived (ανεστραφημεν ποτε). Second aorist passive indicative o…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 2:3
19th Century
Bishop
Among whom also we all . . .—Up to this point, Saint Paul had addressed himself especially to the Ephesians as Gentiles: …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 2:3
19th Century
Preacher
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and w…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 2:3
“Among them” refers to the “disobedient” rather than to “transgressions and sins” (v.1). So far Paul has been depicting the former lifestyle of Gen…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 2:3
16th Century
Theologian
Among whom also we all had our conversation. Lest it be supposed that what he had now said was a slanderous reproach against the previous …
John Gill
On Ephesians 2:3
17th Century
Pastor
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past ,
&c.] What the apostle says of the Gentile Ephesians befo…
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…