Ephesians 2:1

New Century Version

In the past you were spiritually dead because of your sins and the things you did against God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The Lord was pleased with these sacrifices and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings. Their thoughts are evil even when they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the people who 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 celebrate.

Luke 15:32

We had to celebrate and be happy 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 and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness.

John 14:6

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

John 5:21

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he wants to.

John 5:25

I tell you the truth, the time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will have life.

Romans 8:2

Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:45

It is written in the Scriptures: “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:14

The love of Christ controls us, because we know that One died for all, so all have died.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and 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 it is said: “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.”

Colossians 2:13

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

1 Timothy 5:6

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

1 John 3:14

We know we have left death and have come into life because we love each other. Whoever does not love is still dead.

Revelation 3:1

“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: “The One who has the seven spirits and the seven stars says this: I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but really you are dead.