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Ephesians 2:5
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KJ21
even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved),
ASV
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
AMP
even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment).
AMPC
Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).
BRG
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
CSB
made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
CSBA
made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
CEB
However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God’s grace!
CJB
that, even when we were dead because of our acts of disobedience, he brought us to life along with the Messiah — it is by grace that you have been delivered.
CEV
But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you.
DARBY
(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
DLNT
even we being dead in trespasses, made-us-alive-with Christ— by grace you are saved—
DRA
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)
ERV
We were spiritually dead because of all we had done against him. But he gave us new life together with Christ. (You have been saved by God’s grace.)
EASY
Because of our sins, we were dead in our spirits. But God gave us a new life, because we are united with Christ. Yes, God has saved you because he is so kind.
EHV
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
ESV
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
ESVUK
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
EXB
Though we were spiritually dead because of ·the things we did against God [our transgressions], he ·gave us new life [brought us to life] with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.
GNV
Even when we were dead by sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saved,
GW
We were dead because of our failures, but he made us alive together with Christ. (It is God’s kindness  that saved you.)
GNT
that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.
HCSB
made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
ICB
We were spiritually dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.
ISV
even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),
PHILLIPS
But even though we were dead in our sins God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, gave us life together with Christ—it is, remember, by grace and not by achievement that you are saved—and has lifted us right out of the old life to take our place with him in Christ in the Heavens. Thus he shows for all time the tremendous generosity of the grace and kindness he has expressed towards us in Christ Jesus. It was nothing you could or did achieve—it was God’s gift to you. No one can pride himself upon earning the love of God. The fact is that what we are we owe to the hand of God upon us. We are born afresh in Christ, and born to do those good deeds which God planned for us to do.
JUB
even as we were dead in sins, he has made us alive together with the Christ (by whose grace ye are saved)
KJV
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
AKJV
even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
LSB
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
LEB
and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),
TLB
that even though we were spiritually dead and doomed by our sins, he gave us back our lives again when he raised Christ from the dead—only by his undeserved favor have we ever been saved—
MSG
It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.
MEV
even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
MOUNCE
even though we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with · Christ—by grace you have been saved—
NOG
We were dead because of our failures, but he made us alive together with Christ. (It is God’s kindness that saved you.)
NABRE
even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
NASB
even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
NASB1995
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
NCB
he brought us to life with Christ when we were already dead through sin—it is by grace that you have been saved.
NCV
Though we were spiritually dead because of the things we did against God, he gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.
NET
even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you are saved!—
NIRV
So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you.
NIV
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
NIVUK
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.
NKJV
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
NLV
Even when we were dead because of our sins, He made us alive by what Christ did for us. You have been saved from the punishment of sin by His loving-favor.
NLT
that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
NMB
even when we were dead by sin, has quickened us to life together in Christ (for by grace you are saved),
NRSVA
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
NRSVACE
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
NRSVCE
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
NRSVUE
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
NTFE
he took us at the very point where we were dead through our offenses, and made us alive together with the Messiah (yes, you are saved by sheer grace!).
OJB
Even when we were dead in our peysha’im, He made us alive together with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (by the unmerited Chen v’Chesed Hashem you have been delivered in your personal Geulah and the Yeshu’at Eloheinu), [TEHILLIM 103:12]
RGT
even when we were dead by sins, has quickened us together in Christ (by grace you are saved)
RSV
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
RSVCE
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
TLV
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, He made us alive together with Messiah. (By grace you have been saved!)
VOICE
united us with the Anointed One and infused our lifeless souls with life—even though we were buried under mountains of sin—and saved us by His grace.
WEB
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
WE
We were dead because of the wrong things we had done. He has made us alive with Christ. You have been saved by his love and kindness.
WYC
yea, when we were dead in sins, quickened us together in Christ, by whose grace ye be saved,
YLT
even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)
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