[a]Among whom we also had our conversation in time past in the lusts of our [b]flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the mind, and [c]were by nature the [d]children of wrath, as well as [e]others.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 After that he hath severally condemned the Gentiles, he confesseth that the Jews, amongst whom he numbereth himself, are not a whit better.
  2. Ephesians 2:3 By the name of flesh in the first place, he meaneth the whole man, which he divideth into two parts: into the flesh, which is the part that the Philosophers term without reason, and into the thought, which they call reasonable: so that he leaveth nothing in man half dead, but concludeth that the whole man is of nature the son of wrath.
  3. Ephesians 2:3 The conclusion: All men are born subject to the wrath and curse of God.
  4. Ephesians 2:3 Men are said to be children of wrath passively, that is to say, guilty of everlasting death by the judgment of God, who is angry with them.
  5. Ephesians 2:3 Profane people which knew not God.

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