But God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions — the mighty alla ('but') introduces the reversal: God's eleos ('mercy,' compassionate pity) and henotic philanthrōpia ('great love for humanity') break through the death-bondage; 'made alive' (zōopoieō) is resurrection language, the quickening of the spiritually dead.

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