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Ephesians 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.


Ephesians 2:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 2:330 words
GreekMeaning
ἐνen
amongprepositionG1722
οἷςhois
whomrelative pronounG3739
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
IpronounG1473
πάντεςpantes
alladjectiveG3956
ἀνεστράφημένanestraphēmen
livedverbG390
ποτεpote
onceadverbG4218
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ταῖςtais
thearticleG3588
ἐπιθυμίαιςepithymiais
desiresnounG1939
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
σαρκὸςsarkos
fleshnounG4561
ἡμῶνhēmōn
IpronounG1473
ποιοῦντεςpoiountes
doingverbG4160
τὰta
thearticleG3588
θελήματαthelēmata
things willednounG2307
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
σαρκὸςsarkos
fleshnounG4561
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τῶνtōn
of itsarticleG3588
διανοιῶνdianoiōn
thoughtsnounG1271
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἤμεθαēmetha
am, have been, is IverbG1510
τέκναtekna
childrennounG5043
φύσειphysei
by naturenounG5449
ὀργῆςorgēs
of wrathnounG3709
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
καὶkai
evenadverbG2532
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
λοιποίloipoi
we ourselvesadjectiveG3165
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Ephesians 2:3

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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