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* And (note :)He declares again the greatness of God 's good will by comparing that miserable state in which we are born , with that dignity unto which we are advanced by God the Father in Christ . So he describes that condition in such a way that he says , that with regard to spiritual motions we are not only born half dead , but wholly and altogether dead .(:note ) you [hath he quickened ], who were See ( Rom_6:2 ). So then he calls those dead who are not regenerated : for as the immortality of those who are damned is not life , so this knitting together of body and soul is properly not life , but death in those who are not ruled by the Spirit of God . dead in He shows the cause of death , that is , sins . trespasses and sins ; * * * * Euen when we were dead by sinnes , hath quickened vs together in Christ , by whose grace ye are saued , * And hath raised [us ] up (note :)That is , as he adds afterwards , in Christ , for as yet this is not fulfilled in us , but only in our head by whose Spirit we have begun to die to sin , and live to God , until that work is fully brought to an end . And yet the hope is certain , for we are as sure of that which we look for , as we are of that which we have already received .(:note ) together , and made [us ] sit together in heavenly [places ] in Christ Jesus : * That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace , through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus . * For by (note :)So then , grace , that is to say , the gift of God , and faith , stand with one another , to which two it is contrary to be saved by ourselves , or by our works . Therefore , what do those mean who would join together things of such contrary natures ?(:note ) grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves : [it is ] the gift of God : * * For we are (note :)He speaks here of grace , and not of nature : therefore if the works are ever so good , see what they are , and know that they are that way because of grace .(:note ) his workmanship , created in Christ Jesus unto good works , which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them . * * That at that time ye were (note :)He begins first with Christ , who was the end of all the promises .(:note ) without Christ , being You had no right or title to the commonwealth of Israel . aliens from the commonwealth of Israel , and strangers from the covenants of promise , having no hope , and without God in the world : * * * In abrogating through his flesh the hatred , that is , the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances , for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe , so making peace , * And that he might reconcile both unto God in (note :)He alludes to the sacrifices of the Law , which represented that true and only sacrifice .(:note ) one body by the cross , having For he destroyed death by death , and fastened it as it were to the cross . slain the enmity thereby : * * For (note :)Christ is the gate as it were , by whom we come to the Father , and the Holy Spirit is as it were , our guiding man who leads us .(:note ) through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father . * * * In whom all the building (note :)So that God is the workman not only of the foundation , but also of the whole building .(:note ) fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : * In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit .

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