Ephesians 2:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν, καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις·

Transliteration

And you ontas nekrous in the paraptōmasin, and in the hamartiais

Grammar Details

• *ontas*: present active participle, accusative plural masculine - being
• *nekrous*: accusative plural masculine - dead ones
• *paraptōmasin*: dative plural neuter - trespasses/offenses
• *hamartiais*: dative plural feminine - sins/failures

Word Meanings

• *ontas*: being/existing
• *nekrous*: dead/lifeless/spiritually dead
• *paraptōmasin*: trespasses/offenses/transgressions
• *hamartiais*: sins/failures to hit the mark/moral failures

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} you{G5209} [did he make alive,] when ye were{G5607} dead{G3498} through your trespasses{G3900} and{G2532} sins,{G266}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} you{G5209} hath he quickened, who were{G5607}{(G5752)} dead{G3498} in trespasses{G3900} and{G2532} sins{G266};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And quyckened you also, whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And you `did he make alive,' when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

• World English Bible (2000)

  You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

Referenced Verses

• Col 2:13 : 13 And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.
• Eph 2:5-6 : 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved. 6 And He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
• Eph 4:18 : 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.' 26 'And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?'
• Col 3:1-4 : 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things above, not on the things on the earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
• 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
• John 10:10 : 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
• 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So it is written: 'The first man, Adam, became a living being'; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
• 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
• Eph 1:19-20 : 19 and the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. This power is according to the working of His mighty strength, 20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
• Luke 15:24 : 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
• Luke 15:32 : 32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'
• John 5:21 : 21 'Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.'
• John 5:25 : 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
• Matt 8:22 : 22 But Jesus told him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.'
• Rev 3:1 : 1 To the angel of the church in Sardis, write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.
• 1 Tim 5:6 : 6 But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead.