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But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
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God's Uncaused Love
Multiple commentators emphasize that God's love is the sole, unprompted reason for salvation. John Calvin notes this love is "undeserved goodness," and Charles Spurgeon adds that it "does not depend upon what we are; it flows from his own heart." God loved us first, even when we were "dead in sins" and unlovable.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But God, who is rich in mercy. On the use of the word rich by Paul, see Barnes on Ephesians 1:7.
It is a beautiful express…
But God (ο δε θεος). Change in the structure of the sentence here, resuming verse 1 after the break.
Being rich in …
19th Century
Anglican
Rich in mercy.—Not only merciful, but rich “in the multitude of mercy,” as attaching even to those dead in sin (see Chrysostom on…
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Baptist
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ…
Over against humanity’s churlish rejection of God, Paul sets God’s gracious acceptance of human beings in Christ. Though he cannot approve of sin i…
16th Century
Protestant
But God, who is rich in mercy. Now follows the second part of the sentence, the substance of which is that God had delivered the Ephesians…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But God, who is rich in mercy Mercy is a perfection of the divine nature, and is essential to God; and may be consid…
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…
