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Loved While We Were Dead
Commentators overwhelmingly emphasize that God's love and saving action were directed toward us "even when we were dead in sins." As scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon note, there was nothing lovable or meritorious in us. God's motivation was His own "rich mercy" and "great love," not any potential He saw in us. Our salvation began with God's initiative toward those who were spiritually dead.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 2:5
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 2:5
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 2:5–6
19th Century
Bishop
Even when we were dead in sins.—These words should be connected, not with “loved us,” but with “has quickened,” or rather…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 2:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 2:5
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 …
John Calvin
On Ephesians 2:5
16th Century
Theologian
Even when we were dead in sin. These words have the same emphasis as similar expressions in another Epistle.
For when we were y…
John Gill
On Ephesians 2:5
17th Century
Pastor
Even when we were dead in sins (See Gill on Ephesians 2:1).
Has quickened us together with Christ :
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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…