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Verse Ephesians 2:2. _WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED_] There is much
_force_ in these expressions; the Ephesians had not sinned _casually_,
or _now_ and _then_, but _continually_; it was their contin...
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WHEREIN - In which sins, or in the practice of which transgressions.
YE WALKED - You lived, life being often compared to a journey or a
race. note, Romans 6:4.
ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD -...
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2. THE PRODUCTION OF THE MASTERWORK AND ITS DESTINY
CHAPTER 2:1-10
_ 1. What we are by nature (Ephesians 2:1)_
2. What God does--rich in mercy (Ephesians 2:4)
3. The destiny of the masterwork (Ephe...
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CHRISTIANS ARE RAISED AND EXALTED IN THE RISEN AND EXALTED CHRIST BY
GOD'S FREE GRACE AND GIFT. The recipients of the letter, like other
people, had been (spiritually) dead by reason of the sins and
t...
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When you were dead in your sins and trespasses, those sins and
trespasses in which you once walked, living life in the way this
present age lives it, living life as the ruler of the power of the air
d...
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When you were dead in your sins and trespasses, those sins and
trespasses in which once you walked, living life in the way in which
this present age of this world lives it, living life as the ruler of...
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THE CHRISTLESS LIFE AND THE GRACE OF GOD (Ephesians 2:1-10)...
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WHEREIN. In (Greek. _en)_ which.
IN TIME PAST. once.
THE COURSE (_ AION_) OF THIS WORLD. the age of this world (App-129.)
COURSE. Greek. _aio_ n. App-129.
PRINCE. ruler, i.e. Satan. Compare 2 Corin...
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_Wherein … ye walked_ The transgressions were the road, or region,
of the moral "walk," i.e. the successive acts and practices of life.
Contrast below, Ephesians 2:10, the region of the regenerate "wa...
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ἘΝ ΑἿΣ ΠΟΤῈ ΠΕΡΙΕΠΑΤΉΣΑΤΕ. Cf. Ephesians 2:3.
ἘΝ, ‘on the road marked out by.’ Cf. 2 Corinthians 4:2;
Colossians 4:5; 2 John 1:4;...
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Ephesians 1:15 to Ephesians 2:10. THANKSGIVING PASSING INTO PRAYER FOR
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
This section corresponds to the section of thanksgiving which in all
St Paul’s Epistles except Gal., 1 Tim. and...
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WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED— The Ephesians were remarkable, in
the midst of all their learning, for a most abandoned character. They
banished Hermodorus merely for his _virtue;_ thereby in effect m...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 2:1-10)
C. Once dead, now alive with Christ. Ephesians 2:1-10.
1.
Before conversion, dead through trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:1-3.
a.
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Adam's Fall Inherited by All...
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Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
THE COURSE OF THI...
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1 Compare the condition of the two classes with that of the individual
believer in Rom_6:2. Such as have "died to sin" "together with
Christ", "are vivified together with Him", and "are reckoning
them...
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2:2 world, (c-12) ' _ Aion_ of this _ Kosmos_ .' i.e. the course of
this world; see Notes, 1 Corinthians 1:20 . disobedience. (d-32) As
ch. 5.6....
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GENTILES AND JEWS ARE NOW ONE IN CHIRST
1-10. Further illustration of God'S power. He raised both Gentiles and
Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ's side....
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THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR] Jewish phraseology, as in
Ephesians 1:21. The air is regarded as full of evil powers, with Satan
as their prince (Ephesians 6:12; Luke 22:53;...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 2
2:1-10 ~ *SALVATION BY *GRACE
2:1-3 ~ OUR PAST LIFE
V1 In past days, you were *spiritually dead be...
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THE COURSE (or, _age_) OF THIS WORLD. — Here again are united the
two words often rendered by “world,” the former signifying simply
“the age,” or appointed period of this visible universe, the
latter...
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CHAPTER 7
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
Ephesians 2:1
We pass by a sudden transition, just as in Colossians 1:21, from the
thought of that which God wrought in Christ Himself to that which He
works through Chr...
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A new paragraph begins at this point. This is denied indeed by some,
who would connect the καὶ ὑμᾶς of Ephesians 2:1 immediately
with the ἡμᾶς τοὺς πιστεύοντας of Ephesians 1:19
(Knatchbull), the ἐνήρ...
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ἐν αἶς ποτὲ περιεπατήσατε : _wherein in time
past_ (RV, “aforetime”) _ye walked_. The αἷς takes the gender
of the nearer noun, but refers to both the παραπτώμασι and
the ἁμαρτίαις. Trespasses and sins...
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WHAT GRACE HAS DONE
Ephesians 2:1
Evidently dead men may walk; that is, they may be dead to the eternal
world but alive to this world, which is moving past like the films of
a moving picture. The dea...
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The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The
materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely
opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God,...
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The Condition of the Lost
At the close of chapter 1, Paul told at least three ways God's power
could be seen in Jesus. Through the same power he has made alive those
who were spiritually dead, or sepa...
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(3) Wherein in time past ye walked (4) according to the course of this
world, (b) according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
that now (5) worketh in the (c) children of disobedience:...
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According to the course of this world, (i.e. the customs of this
wicked corrupt world) according to the prince of the power of this
air, of the spirit, &c. meaning the devils, who are permitted to
exe...
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(1) В¶ And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and
sins; (2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
s...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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_SATAN AND HIS WORK_
‘The prince of the power of the air.’
Ephesians 2:2
The New Testament, as it reveals Christ, so also it reveals the Devil.
The New Testament depicts Christ’s life as one protra...
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Grace That Unifies
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week in our study of Chapter one of Ephesians, Paul told us in
verse 6 that Jesus has "made us accepted in the beloved."
1. And we talked about the Greek...
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2._In which for some time ye walked. _From the effects or fruits, he
draws a proof that sin formerly reigned in them; for, until sin
displays itself in outward acts, men are not sufficiently aware of...
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In Chapter 2 [4] the operation of the power of God on earth, for the
purpose of bringing souls into the enjoyment of their heavenly
privileges, and thus of forming the assembly here below, is presente...
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WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED,.... Sins and transgressions are a road
or path, in which all unconverted sinners walk; and this path is a
dark, crooked, and broad one, which leads to destruction and d...
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Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ver. 2. _Wherein ye...
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_And you_, &c. In the nineteenth and twentieth verses of the preceding
chapter, the apostle had spoken of God's working in the believers at
Ephesus, in order to their conversion, and resurrection from...
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IN TIME PAST; in their unconverted state.
THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR; Satan, the ruler of the power of
the air, that is, of the empire of evil spirits, whose abode is the
air. Satan does much...
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WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD,
ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, THE SPIRIT THAT NOW
WORKETH IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE;...
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THE CHURCH AS THE SUM TOTAL OF MEN SAVED BY GRACE.
The natural condition of man:...
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BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
(vs.1-10)
The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and
circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad
state to...
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CHAPTER 2
Before we can fully understand the _________ we have in Christ, we
must understand our condition of our __________ without Christ.
God has ____________ us. This word means that God has mad...
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“wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that
now worketh in the sons of disobedience”
“WHEREIN”: “In which” (NASV...
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1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins
has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it
gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, an...
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WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED; conversed in a continual course of
life. They were alive _to_ sin, when dead _in_ sin; or by sin dead to
spiritual good. ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD; either
a...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
Flee, therefore, the wicked devices and snares of the spirit which now
worketh in the children of this world,[55]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
of...
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Ephesians 2:2 in G1722 which G3739 once G4218 walked G4043 (G5656) to
G2596 course G165 this G5127 world...
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‘Wherein previously you walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit
that now works in the sons of disobedience.'
They had been guilty a...
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1. _Redemption in Christ as Deliverance from Death through a New
Creation._
The Apostle applies to his readers the great truths set forth in chap.
1, having in mind ‘the mighty working of the Father,...
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Ephesians 2:2. WHEREIN YE ONCE WALKED. In the sphere of these sins
they habitually moved; ‘in this sleep of death there is a strange
somnambulism' (Eadie).
ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD. The...
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ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD
(κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου). Curious
combinations of αιων (a period of time), κοσμος (the world
in that period). See 1 Corinthians 1:20 for "this age" a...
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WORLD
Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (Colossians 2:20); (John 7:7).
(_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8). _...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins:_
These were your grave clothes. You were wrapped up in them. Nay, this
was your sarcophagus. You were shut up in it, a...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins;_
What a great change, then, has taken place in the people of God! It is
described as being similar to the resurrection...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins;_
Then you owe your very life to him. You were dead, you were like a
corrupt carcass, but his life has been breathed in...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_
Is it so? Can anyone lay his hand on your shoulder, and say right into
your ear, «You hath he quickened»? If so, why this deadness of
spirit? Why this worl...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you hath he quickened,_
You, who were by nature dead are now made alive unto God by the holy
Spirit. If you had nothing else to think of, all day long, but just
these five words,...
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Ephesians 2:1. _And you he hath quickened._
Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me?
Ephesians 2:1. _Who were dead in trespasses and sins;_
Look back to what you used to be, to the h...
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CONTENTS: Method of Gentile salvation. Jew and Gentile made one body
in Christ, a habitation of God through the Spirit.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: A state of sin apart from Christ, is a sta...
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Ephesians 2:1. _You hath he quickened._ The word quickened is not in
the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth
verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it, th...
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YOU FOLLOWED. "The evil powers who control this age and shape the
lives of men separate man from God! The mysteries and secrets you knew
came from this source." Both Jewish and pagan thought placed th...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 2:1 Salvation by Grace through Faith.
This section, like Ephesians 1:3 and...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 2:2 PRINCE... SPIRIT. Satan dominates
his human subjects. SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE. Compare “sons of this
world” (Luke 16:8
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 2:1. AND YOU DID HE QUICKEN.—The italics in A.V. and R.V.
show a broken construction of St. Paul’s meaning, the verb being
supplied from Ephesians 2:5, where...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 2:1
SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE EPHESIANS. This passage corresponds to
Genesis 1:1. It is a history of creation, and we note the same great
stages.
1. C
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ephesians, the second chapter.
Paul is going to talk about someone tonight...very interesting. You!
Well, at least you are interested in the subject. For many of you...
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1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:10;...
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Course [α ι ω ν α]. Lit., age. See on John 1:9.
Power [ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ς]. Collective, the whole empire of evil
spirits.
The air. According to Paul's usage, in the simple physical sense. See
Acts 22:23...
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GRACE IN OPERATION
Ephesians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We know of no Scripture which more beautifully sets forth God's grace
than Ephesians, chapter 2. The chapter begins with what we were in our
sins....
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According to the course of this world — The word translated course
properly means a long series of times, wherein one corrupt age follows
another. According to the prince of the power of the air — The...
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Our apostle having in the former verse described the Ephesians by
their natural state and inward condition, as dead in trespasses and
sins, doth in this verse set forth their misery in respect of thei...