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Seated with Christ Now
Commentators explain that because you are united with Jesus, His resurrection and ascension are counted as yours. While the full, physical experience is future, you already possess this exalted status 'in Christ.' Scholars like John Calvin note this is a present spiritual reality, giving you a secure position and a new identity as someone who belongs in heaven.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 2:6
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 2:6
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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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 2:4–7
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 2:6
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…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 2:6
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Ephesians 2:6
17th Century
Pastor
And has raised us up together
Which refers either to a spiritual resurrection, to a resurrection from a death in sin…
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…