Ephesians 2:5 - Easy To Read Version5 We were \{spiritually\} dead. We were dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace (kindness). Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation). Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved), Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version5 even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved. Ver Capítulo |
So people get God’s promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s {\cf2\super [42]} people can have that promise. The promise is not only for those people that live under the law \{of Moses\}. The promise is for any person that lives with faith like Abraham. Abraham is the father of us all.