“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins — the declaration nekroi ('dead') uses spiritual language: the Gentile converts were dead not physically but in the domain of sin (paraptōmata, 'transgressions,' and hamartiai, 'sins'), spiritually inert before encountering Christ, cut off from the life of God.
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Yuki TanakaNote2mo agoDead in Sins, Not Just Struggling
The pastor preached on this and I had to resist the urge to walk out. 'Dead in your transgressions and sins' - that's brutal language. I hadn't killed anyone. I was a basically decent person with a mo...
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoTrusting God's timing - Ephesians 2
His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good. God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to fee...
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