Ephesians 2:1-5
New International Version
Made Alive in Christ
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A) 2 in which you used to live(B) when you followed the ways of this world(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(E) 3 All of us also lived among them at one time,(F) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](G) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us,(H) God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(I)—it is by grace you have been saved.(J)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
Matthew 13:37-39
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37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(A) 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,(B) 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest(C) is the end of the age,(D) and the harvesters are angels.(E)
Romans 9:22-24
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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(C) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(D)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(E) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(F)
Colossians 3:7-11
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7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.(A) 8 But now you must also rid yourselves(B) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(C) and filthy language from your lips.(D) 9 Do not lie to each other,(E) since you have taken off your old self(F) with its practices 10 and have put on the new self,(G) which is being renewed(H) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(I) 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(J) circumcised or uncircumcised,(K) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(L) but Christ is all,(M) and is in all.
1 Peter 1:14
New International Version
14 As obedient(A) children, do not conform(B) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(C)
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