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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 then observes how peace is made for and between them...
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 in the original text, but is supplied from...
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 apostle endeavours to affect them with a due sense...
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.
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 and sins; These were your grave clothes, or the...
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,”
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,” —
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 have. You “were dead in trespasses and sins;” —
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 ones and the dead? I trow not. In fact, those...
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.”