Eph 2:1-2, 12, 19, 4:18, Tit 1:15-16 | ISV | STEP | God Has Brought Us from Death to Life You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins,

Ephesians 2:1-2

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 2 in which you once lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient. ^{▼▼Lit. the sons of disobedience}1Cor 6:11; Eph 4:22; 5:6; 6:12; Col 1:21; 3:; 1John 5:19

Ephesians 2:12

12 At that time you were without Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel, ^{▼▼Or from the commonwealth of Israel} and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.Ezek 13:9; John 10:16; Rom 9:4, 8; Gal 4:8; Eph 4:18; Col 1:21; Rom 9:4, 8, 1Thes 4:5, 13

Ephesians 2:19

19 That is why you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,Gal 6:10; Eph 3:15; Phil 3:20; Heb 12:22-23

Ephesians 4:18

18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.Acts 26:18; Rom 1:21; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 1Thes 4:5

Titus 1:15-16

15 Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.Luke 11:39-41; Rom 14:14, 20, 23; 1Cor 6:12; 1Tim 4:3-4 16 They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.Rom 1:28; 2Tim 3:5, 8; Jude 1:4