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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ephesians 2 The design of the apostle in this chapter, is to magnify the riches of divine grace, in the effectual calling and salvation of sinners, by Christ Jesus; in order to which, he describes the sad estate they are in by nature, and before conversion, even God's elect among the Jews, and especially among the Gentiles; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And you hath he quickened,.... The design of the apostle in this and some following verses, is to show the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and to set forth the sad estate and condition of man by nature, and to magnify the riches of the grace of God, and represent the exceeding greatness of his power in conversion: the phrase hath he quickened, is not...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This chapter contains an account, I. Of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature (ver. 1-3) and again, ver. 11, 12. II. Of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace (ver. 4-10) and again, ver. 13. III. Of the great and mighty privileges that both converted Jews and Gentiles receive from Christ, ver. 14-22. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? Eph_2:1. Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged: “You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you hath he quickened, You, who were by nature dead are now made alive unto God by the holy Spirit. If you had nothing else to think of, all day long, but just these five words, they might suffice to lift you up to the very heights of grateful adoration of your quickening Lord: “And you hath he quickened,”- Eph_2:1. Who were dead in trespasses...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you hath he quickened, Is it so? Can anyone lay his hand on your shoulder, and say right into your ear, “You hath he quickened”? If so, why this deadness of spirit? Why this worldliness? Why these wanderings? “You hath he quickened,”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, — You were dead to all that was good, but you were alive enough to that which was evil. It seems, from this passage, that dead men walk, yet not in the way of God, but “according to the course of this world,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Then you owe your very life to him. You were dead, you were like a corrupt carcass, but his life has been breathed into you. “You hath he quickened.” Then you are no longer dead, you are a living soul before the living God, and as you owe this to him, praise him with all the life you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; What a great change, then, has taken place in the people of God! It is described as being similar to the resurrection of the dead. And do you suppose that this took place without a man’s knowing it? Do you think that we are wrong in stating a wide difference between the quickened...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins: These were your grave clothes. You were wrapped up in them. Nay, this was your sarcophagus. You were shut up in it, as in a great stone coffin: “Dead in trespasses and sins.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherein in time past ye walked,.... Sins and transgressions are a road or path, in which all unconverted sinners walk; and this path is a dark, crooked, and broad one, which leads to destruction and death, and yet is their own way, which they choose, approve of, and delight to walk in; and walking in it denotes a continued series of sinning, an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein in time past ye walked With a terrible activity of spiritual death; Eph_2:2. According to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: He makes them to be his forge. There he blows his coals, there he fabricates his instruments. Do you not hear the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: This is what happened to us all in our unregenerate state, we were carried along by the world, loving what it loved, judging from its views, and acting according to its...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
According to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of all disobedience: 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 we were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. We were not in the least better, by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Those who are not saved have a life of evil. They are dead towards, God, but they are alive towards Satan. An unregenerate man’s heart is Satan’s workshop, in which he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. You were once no better than the workshop of the devil. He is the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience, as the smith works in his forge. When you hear...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past,.... What the apostle says of the Gentile Ephesians before conversion, he says of himself and other Jews; and this he does, partly to show that it was not from ill will, or with a design to upbraid the Gentiles, that he said what he did; and partly to beat down the pride of the Jews, who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. You that now commune with God at the mercy-seat, you that are now his favored children, and have received power to become the sons of God, you were once...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. That is the highest point to which human nature can attain; left to itself, it makes us “children of wrath.” Even those who are now most assuredly the...