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AndΚαὶyou,ὑμᾶςbeingὄνταςdeadνεκροὺςin yourτοῖς ὑμῶνtrespassesπαραπτώμασινandκαὶsins,ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις
Ephesians 2:1
Study it in the app“And you, being dead in your trespasses and sins,”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 2:1, word by word
- beingὄνταςontas
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontas” appears- deadνεκροὺςnekrous
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrous” appears- trespassesπαραπτώμασινparaptōmasin
offense, wrongdoing
Offense, false step, transgression.
Where else “paraptōmasin” appears- sinsἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiais” appears
Translation note
The sentence is left open and is completed in verse 5.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2in which you once walked, according to the era of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience;
To study Ephesians 2 in a group
1. What it says
How does Paul describe what we were before and what God did for us (v. 1-5)?
2. What it means
Paul says we are saved by grace and created for good works (v. 8-10). How do these two things fit together?
3. How I live it
The chapter speaks of people once far off who are now near (v. 13-19). Whom could you draw near to today, with respect and kindness?