Ephesians 2:1

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You were once dead because of your failures and sins.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Luke 15:24

My son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

But we have something to celebrate, something to be happy about. This brother of yours was dead but has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.’ ”

John 10:10

A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

John 5:21

In the same way that the Father brings back the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to anyone he chooses.

John 5:25

“I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming (and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live.

Romans 8:2

The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:45

This is what Scripture says: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:14

Clearly, Christ’s love guides us. We are convinced of the fact that one man has died for all people. Therefore, all people have died.

Ephesians 4:18

They can’t understand because they are in the dark. They are excluded from the life that God approves of because of their ignorance and stubbornness.

Ephesians 5:14

because light makes everything easy to see. That’s why it says: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Colossians 2:13

You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love other believers. The person who doesn’t grow in love remains in death.

Revelation 3:1

“To the messenger of the church in Sardis, write: The one who has God’s seven spirits and the seven stars says: I know what you have done. You are known for being alive, but you are dead.