Bible Verse Lookup
Eph 2:4-5
Chapter 2
4
But God, who is rich in mercy, showed his great love.
5
As we were dead in our sins, he made us alive with Christ. By grace, you have been saved!
But God, who is rich in mercy, showed his great love.
As we were dead in our sins, he made us alive with Christ. By grace, you have been saved!
Commentaries
From Death to Life.
Paul explains to the Ephesians that their belonging to the Church as members of the body of Christ has meant transitioning from a “reality of death” to a “reality of life,” as if it were a new creation. When reading this, we must consider the strong militant identity of the small communities that offered an alternative life to the widespread corruption into which the Empire had fallen and an alternative faith to Jewish law. They therefore had to defend themselves against the pagans and Jews who threatened their identity.