Ephesians 2:1

Easy To Read Version

In the past, your spiritual lives were dead because of your sins and the things you did wrong against God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the people that are dead bury their own dead.”

Luke 15:24

My son was dead, but now he is alive again! He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to have a party.

Luke 15:32

We must be happy and have a party; because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’”

John 10:10

A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came to give life—life that is full and good.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 5:21

The Father raises dead people and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to the people he wants to.

John 5:25

I tell you the truth. An \{important\} time is coming. That time is already here. People that are dead \{in sin\} will hear the voice of the Son of God. And the people that \{accept the things they\} hear \{from the Son\} will have life \{forever\}.

Romans 8:2

Why? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit {\cf2\super [58]} that brings life made you {\cf2\super [59]} free. It made you {\cf2\super [60]} free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:45

Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [116]} say, “The first man (Adam) became a living thing. {\cf2\super [117]} ” {\cf2\super [118]} But the last Adam (Christ) became a spirit that gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:14

The love of Christ controls us. Why? Because we know that One (Christ) has died for all people. So all have died.

Ephesians 4:18

Those people don’t understand. They know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Ephesians 5:14

And everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why we say:

Colossians 2:13

You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have left death (sin) and have come into life. We know this because we love our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}. The person who does not love is still in death.

Revelation 3:1

“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: