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Ephesians 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved…

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”
Ephesians 2:4 · KJV

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2Wherein 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:

3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

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Verse explanation

Paul turns the chapter with two key words: “mercy” and “love,” the reason God acted despite the condition described in the previous verses.

From the Ephesians 2 study in Bible in Stories.

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