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      • Paul is explaining that the Ephesians' spiritual deadness prior to faith was not unique. They simply shared in a condition that affects all humanity. Every person begins their life on earth in a state of spiritual deadness, and apart from a work of God to revive our spirit, this state will continue uninterrupted until our physical death.
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    Nov 17, 2010 · The Ephesians were alive physically but dead spiritually. Paul chose this comparison because it accurately describes not only the nature of an unbeliever but also the impossibility of an unbeliever recognizing and correcting his own condition.

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  4. www.gotquestions.org › spiritually-deadWhat does it mean to be spiritually dead? | GotQuestions.org

    Jan 4, 2022 · Ephesians 2 teaches that, before salvation, we are “dead” in trespasses and sins (verse 1). This must speak of spiritual death, because we were still “alive” physically before salvation. While we were in that spiritually “dead” condition, God saved us (verse 5; see also Romans 5:8).

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  6. twojourneys.org › sermons › seriesSpiritually Dead Even While We Lived (Ephesians Sermon 8)

    Aug 23, 2015 · Scriptures: Even while we are physically living, we are spiritually dead, unable to do anything until Christ calls us to repentance and salvation. In 1959, a pastor named C.S. Lovett wrote a book enabling people, helping people to evangelize.

  7. biblehub.com › commentaries › ephesiansEphesians 2:1 Commentaries: And you were dead in your ...

    Benson Commentary. Ephesians 2:1-2. 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 spiritual death to spiritual life, by the same almighty power whereby he raised Christ from the dead.

  8. redeeminggod.com › dead-in-sin-ephesians_2_1-3What does it mean to be dead in sin? Ephesians 2:1-3

    • How Calvinists Understand “Dead in Sin”
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    Due to the popularity of this passage among Calvinists, it would be possible to produce scores of quotes from various authors and writers who quote this text as proof for their doctrine of Total Depravity and total inability. I have already listed several of these quotes in an earlier post about how Calvinists understand the phrase “dead in sin,” s...

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    This helps us better understand what Paul is saying in Ephesians 2:1-3. In Ephesians 2:1, where Paul says that as non-Christians, we were “dead in trespasses and sins,” he is not saying that we are unable to believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life, or that the capacity for faith is non-existent. Rather, Paul is simply (and clearly) saying in Ephes...

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    We know that is what Paul means because he later calls on people to wake up and rise from the dead so that Christ may give them light (Ephesians 5:14). If Paul really meant that the dead cannot wake from their sleep, cannot see the truth, and cannot hear the Gospel, how then could he call on the dead to wake up and respond to the offer of eternal l...

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    So the one who is “dead in trespasses and sins,” is not unable to respond to the Gospel or believe in Jesus, for “dead” does not mean “non-existent” or “unable,” but refers instead to the separation from God that the unregenerate person experiences. Paul himself described their condition earlier, when he said they were “strangers … without God … fa...

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  9. www.bibleref.com › Ephesians › 2What does Ephesians chapter 2 mean? - BibleRef.com

    The first section (Ephesians 2:1–10) begins by noting believers "were dead" in their sins (Ephesians 2:1) in which they had previously walked, following the way of Satan (Ephesians 2:2). This is true of all believers before coming to faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:3).

  10. www.gotquestions.org › dead-in-trespasses-and-sinsWhat does it mean to be dead in trespasses and sins ...

    Jul 9, 2024 · Before we surrender to the Holy Spirit’s urging, our spirits are dead to the things of God (Romans 8:8). We have no good within ourselves and no desire to submit to our Creator. We are dead spiritually and have no way to make ourselves alive.