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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 hath raised us up together,.... Which refers either to a spiritual resurrection, to a resurrection from a death in sin, to a spiritual life; and which is the effect of almighty power, and of rich grace and mercy; and in which Christ is concerned: he is the efficient cause of it, he raises the dead in this sense, and quickens whom he will; and his resurrection is the virtual cause of it; and...
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
(By grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. See how Paul’s language grows and swells and rises as he proceeds! Just now, we read of “God, who is rich in mercy”; now the apostle speaks of “the exceeding...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus We are not only alive, you see, but we are elevated into the highest position of the new life,-made to live with Christ, and in Christ,-made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. That great truth was put, in the 5th verse, into a parenthesis. Why did Paul write it twice?...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly place, in Christ Jesus: It is all in him, and it has a sevenfold sweetness about it because it is in him. To live unto God is a wondrous mercy, but to live together with Christ is an unspeakable honour. To be raised up into the heavenly places would be a surpassing blessing, but to be raised up there together with Christ, and to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. God’s great...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are not only raised from the dead with Christ, but we are spiritually raised into the heavenly places with him. It is a great thing when a man learns to look up from earth to heaven. It is a greater thing when he learns to look down from heaven upon earth — to have you sitting at the right hand of God,...