Ephesians:2:1-10
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And (
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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 .(:
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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 ;
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Euen when we were dead by sinnes ,
hath quickened vs together in Christ ,
by whose grace ye are saued ,
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And hath raised [
us ]
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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 .(:
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together ,
and made [
us ]
sit together in heavenly [
places ]
in Christ Jesus :
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That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace ,
through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus .
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For by (
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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 ?(:
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grace are ye saved through faith ;
and that not of yourselves : [
it is ]
the gift of God :
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For we are (
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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 .(:
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his workmanship ,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works ,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them .
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