1 You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins
Ephesians 2:1 Cross References - Williams
Matthew 8:22
22 And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Luke 15:24
24 because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:32
32 But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"
John 5:21
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live on, so the Son too makes alive any whom He chooses to.
John 5:25
25 I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.
John 10:10
10 A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows.
John 11:25-26
John 14:6
6 Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
Romans 8:2
2 For the life-giving power of the Spirit through union with Christ Jesus has set us free from the power of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 15:45
45 This is the way the Scripture puts it too, "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:14
14 For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died,
Ephesians 1:19-20
Ephesians 2:5-6
Ephesians 4:18
18 with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;
Ephesians 5:14
14 So it is said: "Wake up, sleeper; get up from the dead, and Christ will make day dawn on you."
Colossians 2:13
13 Yes, although you were dead through your shortcomings and were physically uncircumcised, God made you live again through fellowship with Christ. He graciously forgave us all our shortcomings,
Colossians 3:1-4
1 So if you have been raised to life in fellowship with Christ, keep on seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
2 Practice occupying your minds with the things above, not with the things on earth;
3 for you have died, and your life is now hidden in God through your fellowship with Christ.
4 When Christ, who is our life, appears, you too will appear to be glorified in fellowship with Him.
1 Timothy 5:6
6 while a widow who gives herself up to luxury is really dead though still alive.
1 John 3:14
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not continue to love continues still in death.
Revelation 3:1
1 "To the messenger of the church at Sardis write: 'The One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks as follows: "I know what you are doing; you have the reputation of being alive, but in reality you are dead.