Eph 2:1, 5-6, 11 | ISV | STEP | God Has Brought Us from Death to Life You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins,

Ephesians 2:1

1 God Has Brought Us from Death to Life

You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins,John 5:24; Eph 2:5; 4:18; Col 2:13

Ephesians 2:5-6

5 even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with ^{▼▼Other mss. read in} Christ (by grace you have been saved),Rom 5:6, 8, 10; 6:4-5; Eph 5:1; Col 2:12-13 6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly realm in Christ Jesus,Eph 1:20

Ephesians 2:11

11 All Believers Are One in ChristSo then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles by birth ^{▼▼Lit. in the flesh} and were called “the uncircumcision” by what is called “the circumcision” made in the flesh by hands.Rom 2:28-29; 1Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8; Col 1:21