Study it in the app“among whom we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.”
amongἐνwhomοἷςweἡμεῖςallπάντεςalsoκαὶonceποτεlivedἀνεστράφημένinἐνthe desiresταῖς ἐπιθυμίαιςof our flesh,τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶνdoingποιοῦντεςthe wishesτὰ θελήματαof the fleshτῆς σαρκὸςandκαὶof the mind,τῶν διανοιῶνandκαὶwe wereἤμεθαby natureφύσειchildrenτέκναof wrath,ὀργῆςasὡςalsoκαὶthe rest.οἱ λοιποί
once, formerly
Once, formerly; ever, at some time.
Where else “pote” appearslive
To go through life in a certain way.
Where else “anestraphēmen” appearslust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymiais” appearssinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarkos” appearspractice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiountes” appearswill
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēmata” appearsmind, understanding
Mind, understanding.
Where else “dianoiōn” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēmetha” appearsnature
What someone is by birth.
Where else “physei” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appearswrath
God's anger against evil, his punishment.
Where else “orgēs” appearsrest
What remains of a group, those not yet named.
Where else “loipoi” appears2in 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;
3 · This verse (above)
4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
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?
