Ephesians 2:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ God Has Brought Us from Death to LifeYou used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

²² But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

²⁴ Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

³² But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.’”

²¹ Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses.

²⁵ Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I’ve come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

²⁵ Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live. ²⁶ Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

² For the Spirit’s law of life in the Messiah Jesus has set me free from the Law of sin and death.

⁴⁵ This, indeed, is what is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

¹⁴ The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.

¹⁹ and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength, ²⁰ which he brought about in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realm.

⁵ even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly realm in the Messiah Jesus,

¹⁸ They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.

¹⁴ for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says, “Wake up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.’’

¹³ Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses,

¹ Keep Focusing on the MessiahTherefore, if you have been raised with the Messiah, keep focusing on the things that are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God. ² Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth. ³ For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God. ⁴ When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you, too, will be revealed with him in glory.

⁶ But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love one another. The person who does not love remains spiritually dead.

¹ The Letter to the Church in Sardis “To the messenger of the church in Sardis, write:
‘The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this:
‘I know what you’ve been doing. You are known for being alive, but you are dead.