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ButδὲGod,ὁ θεὸςbeingὢνrichπλούσιοςinἐνmercy,ἐλέειbecause ofδιὰhis greatτὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦloveἀγάπηνwith whichἣνhe lovedἠγάπησενus,ἡμᾶς
Ephesians 2:4
Study it in the app“But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 2:4, word by word
- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- beingὢνōn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōn” appears- richπλούσιοςplousios
rich in
Rich in something good, like mercy.
Where else “plousios” appears- mercyἐλέειeleei
mercy
Mercy: compassion that acts.
Where else “eleei” appears- his greatπολλὴνpollēn
great
Of great size or strength, like a crowd or a lament.
Where else “pollēn” appears- loveἀγάπηνagapēn
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appears- he lovedἠγάπησενēgapēsen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “ēgapēsen” appears
The context
3among 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with the Messiah —by grace you have been saved—
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?