Ephesians 2:6, CSB: "He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus," What does Ephesians 2:6 mean? d. The prince of the power of the air: This unique title for Satan speaks of his authority (prince) and his realm (the air, a way of referring to Satan's "environment"). 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Eph. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Ephesians 2:1-10. In 4:1, he says that we should walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which we have been called. Verse 2 Ephesians 2:4-5. i. In this context, "life" means more than endless or eternal life. The basic idea conveyed is that of stumbling or falling so as to lose one's footing. 1 Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and c are faithful 1 in Christ Jesus: 2 d Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In this portion, Paul recognises the barrier that existed between Jew and Gentile. In 2:2, he mentions how we used to walk in our sins. Ephesians 2:5 Translation & Meaning. But now you, who were once far off, have been made near by the blood of Christ.” (Ephesians 2:11-17). [⇑ See verse text ⇑] In addition to being made alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:5), God has "raised us up with him." Ephesians 2:5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved)" Above all else, a dead person needs to be made alive. This is the fifth time that Paul has used the word “walk” in Ephesians. 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved), Eph. The same ancient Greek verb is used in Ephesians 2:2 for the work of Satan in unbelievers as is used in Ephesians 3:20 for the power of God that works in believers. In His mercy, God fulfilled what Jesus said in John 6:44, and began to draw us.He started to bridge the gap and to give us life. Transgressions (paraptoma [3x in Ephesians 1:7, 2:1, 2:5] from parapipto = fall aside from para = aside + pipto = fall) means a deviation from living according to what has been revealed as the right way to live. That is what salvation gives, spiritual life. The latter herein obeyed the flesh; the former, the prince of the power of the air. We are now alive through the same power that brought Jesus back from the dead. There was a great need to bring together those who loved and feared God among both Jews and Gentiles, those like Peter and those like Corneilius (Acts 10). Spiritual Blessings in Christ Ephesians Greeting. What does this verse really mean? In trespasses and sins-Sins seem to be spoken chiefly of the gentiles, who knew not God; trespasses, of the Jews, who had his law, and yet regarded it not, Ephesians 2:5. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. In 2:10, he says that we are now to walk in the good deeds which God prepared beforehand for us. EXEGESIS: BACKGROUND: While this book begins, “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus” (1:1), scholars today are divided regarding both the authorship and the intended recipients. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. Eph. In the Greek, the three verbs “made alive, raised, and seated” all have a prefix meaning “with,” highlighting how God did to us what God had previously done to Christ. We were dead because of sin, but He made us alive and began to give us light.. 2:7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Thus, God made us alive with Christ, raised us with Christ, and sat us in the heavenly places where Christ now rules over all powers and dominions (2:5-6 echoing 1:20-21).