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BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY - On the use of the word “rich” by
Paul, see the notes at Ephesians 1:7. It is a beautiful expression.
“God is ‘rich’ in mercy;” overflowing, abundant. Mercy is the
riche...
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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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Although we were all like that, I say, God, because he is rich in
mercy and because of his great love with which he has loved us, made
us alive in Jesus Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses (i...
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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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GOD. App-98.
WHO IS. being.
MERCY. Compare Romans 9:23.
FOR. on account of. App-104.Ephesians 2:2.
LOVE, LOVED. App-135....
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_But God_ The Divine counter-fact now comes in, brighter for the awful
contrast.
_who is rich in mercy_ See note on "riches," Ephesians 1:18. The
_ultimate motive_of the work of regeneration is here g...
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ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΣ. See note on τὸ πλοῦτος, Ephesians 1:7.
ἘΝ ἘΛΈΕΙ. Cf. Romans 15:9; Titus 3:5; Luke 1:78; and esp....
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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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ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΣ (G4145) богатый (_см._ Ephesians 1:7). ών
_praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510). Причинное _part._,
"потому что он богат милостью"
ΈΛΈΕΙ _dat. от_ ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милость,
сочувствие, сострадани...
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DISCOURSE: 2098
THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYED
Ephesians 2:4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together...
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BUT GOD,— This connects the present verse admirably well with that
immediatelypreceding,andmakesthepartsofthat incidental discourse
cohere; which ending in this verse, St. Paul, in the beginning of
Ep...
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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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By grace, we have been claimed as God's own....
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved
us,
BUT. Consolatory contrast to the universality of men's natural
heritage of "wrath."
GOD, WHO IS RICH - Greek, '(as) being...
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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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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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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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RICH IN MERCY. — Not only merciful, but rich “in the multitude of
mercy,” as attaching even to those dead in sin (see Chrysostom on
this passage). The idea of richness in grace, glory, mercy, is
espec...
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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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ὁ δὲ Θεὸς, πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει : _but
God_ (or, God, however), _being rich in mercy_. A return is now made
to the statement which was interrupted at Ephesians 2:2. The
resumption might have been made...
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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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In Christ Jesus
Just as God's justice and righteousness called for wrath upon sinful
man, his abundant mercy flowing out of his multi-faceted love caused
him to make provision for lost mankind. He mad...
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(8) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he
loved us,
(8) Now from this follows another member of the comparison declaring
our excellency, that is, that by the power of Christ w...
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_But God....hath raised up together, both Gentiles and Jews, to life
in Christ, remitting our sins by faith in him, and by the grace of our
merciful Redeemer, by his pure mercy, not by any works of ou...
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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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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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4._But God, who is rich in mercy. _(122) Now follows the second member
of the sentence, the substance of which is, that God had delivered the
Ephesians from the destruction to which they were formerly...
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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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BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY,.... Mercy is a perfection of the divine
nature, and is essential to God; and may be considered with respect to
the objects of it, either as general, extending to all men...
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved
us,
Ver. 4. _But God, who is rich in mercy_] Such a mercy as rejoiceth
against judgment, as a man against his adversary which he h...
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_But God, who is rich in mercy_ That is, in compassion for us, amidst
our sins and miseries, and in his free, gratuitous goodness and
readiness to pardon the guilty, and save the lost: _for his great...
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BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY, FOR HIS GREAT LOVE WHERE WITH HE LOVED
US,...
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God's grace manifested toward the sinners:...
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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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“BUT GOD, BEING RICH IN MERCY, FOR HIS GREAT LOVE WHEREWITH HE LOVED
US”
“But God”: God took the initiative. Many people remain optimistic
that man can deliver himself.. common belief is that mankind...
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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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RICH IN MERCY; abundant. Riches of mercy here, as riches of grace,
EPHESIANS 1:7; see PSALMS 51:1, PSALMS 86:5. FOR HIS GREAT LOVE; the
fountain from whence his mercies vouchsafed to us proceed; riche...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
yourselves with meekness, become the imitators of His sufferings, and
of His love, wherewith[55]...
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Ephesians 2:4 But G1161 God G2316 is G5607 (G5752) rich G4145 in G1722
mercy G1656 because G1223 His...
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‘But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he
loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ, (by grace you are those who are saved), and...
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Ephesians 2:4. BUT GOD. ‘But' resumes the main thought, yet not
without an implied antithesis between those described in Ephesians
2:1-3, and ‘God.'
BEING RICH IN MERCY, ‘Being as He is,' not = ‘who...
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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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BUT GOD
(ο δε θεος). Change in the structure of the sentence here,
resuming verse Ephesians 2:1 after the break.BEING RICH IN MERCY
(πλουσιος ων εν ελεε). More than ελεημων (being
merciful).WHERE...
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Ephesians 2:4
I. Note the three privileges which are here supposed to belong to
believers. (1) They are quickened. There can be no doubt that this
privilege, in some intelligible sense at least, is en...
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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 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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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 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, 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, 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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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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BUT GOD'S MERCY. This tragic and helpless situation of man, _sets the
stage_ for God to reveal his mercy and his love to _both_ Jew and
Gentile!!!...
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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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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 2:4. BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY.—“Unto all that call
upon Him” (Romans 10:12). “He hath shut up all into disobedience,
that He might have mercy upon all”...
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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 John 4:10; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:13;...
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But God. Resuming ver. 1.
For His great love [δ ι α]. For the sake of, in order to satisfy
His love. Quickened us together. Spiritually. Compare Colossians 2:13;
Romans 6:11-14; Romans 8:10;...
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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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Mercy removes misery: love confers salvation....
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St. Paul having set forth that miserable state, which both Jews and
Gentiles were in by nature, namely, DEAD IN SINS, and CHILDREN OF
WRATH; he doth next set forth their deliverance from that woeful
e...