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Ephesians 2:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;


Ephesians 2:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 2:110 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
AndwordG2532
ὑμᾶςhymas
youpronounG4771
ὄνταςontas
beingverbG1510
νεκροὺςnekrous
deadadjectiveG3498
τοῖςtois
in thearticleG3588
παραπτώμασινparaptōmasin
trespassesnounG3900
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ταῖςtais
in thearticleG3588
ἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais
sinsnounG266
ὑμῶνhymōn
youpronounG4771
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:1

There is, we know, a corporal, and there is also a spiritual, dying. Of the first it is no crime to partake, nor is there any peril in it, inasmuch as there is no blame attached to it, for it is a matter of nature, not of deliberate choice. It had its origin in the transgression of the first-created man, and thenceforward in its issue it passed into a nature, and, at all events, will quickly be brought to a termination; whereas this spiritual dying, being a matter of…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 4 on Ephesians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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