Ephesians 2:1

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1. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd · David Brainerd

   From his birth to the time when he began to study for the Ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale-College, and the grounds of his expulsion cites Eph. 2:1

   …it as of myself; and could not oblige God to bestow it upon me by any of my performances, Eph. 2:1, 8. “This,” I was ready to say, “is a hard saying, who can hear it?” I could not bear tha…

2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Discourse I cites Eph. 2:1

   … Apostle to the Ephesians: “You hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins.” (Eph. 2:1.) And again, “when we were dead in sins, he hath quickened us together with Christ; and h…

3. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The New Birth cites Eph. 2:1

   … we are "quickened" (or made alive), we who "were dead through our trespasses and sins." (Eph. 2:1). There is a profound contrast between regeneration and mere conversion. Conversion is an…

4. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   Effectual calling cites Ephes. ii. 1

   …f from God. “At that time ye were without Christ, strangers to the covenants of promise” (Ephes. ii. 12). Men dying in their sins have no more right to promises than strangers have to the priv…

5. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   Is There a Literal Hell? cites Eph. 2:1

   …the shame, and the ignominy and the despair of existence. In a similar way we are told in Eph. 2:1, that men until they are quickened, or made alive, by the power of God are "Dead in tresp…

6. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

   Sit: Our Position in Christ cites Ephesians 2:1

   …agnosis: “And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1, ASV). The contrast could hardly be stronger. Dead people do not cooperate in resuscitati…

7. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

   The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites Ephesians 2:1

   …ife, spiritual life, to those who are spiritually dead through their trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). The Holy Spirit imparts this life. The written Word is indeed the instrument which the …

8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Eph 2: 1

   …yield perfect obedience to the moral law, is evident. (1) Because he is spiritually dead. Eph 2: 1. How can he, being dead, keep the commandments of God perfectly? A dead man is not fit fo…

9. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   March cites Eph 2:1-10

   … and purpose of God, if not in your feelings and experience. This is distinctly taught in Eph 2:1-10 and Rom. 6. The whole Church (including all who believe in our Lord Jesus) has passed int…

10. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ephesians 2:1-22

    …t precedes worthy conduct and spiritual conflict. Scriptures to revisit Ephesians 1:3-23; Ephesians 2:1-22; Ephesians 3:12-21. Reflection 1. Where are you working in order to feel accepted rather …