This post has all to do with the ESV of the Bible and Strong’s Concordance.
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
- Trespasses
- παράπτωμα
- a side slip (lapse or deviation), that is, (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression: – fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
in which you once walked,
- Walked
- περιπατέω
- to tread all around, that is, walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary): – go, be occupied with, walk (about).
following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
- Sons of disobedience
- ἀπείθεια
- disbelief (obstinate and rebellious): – disobedience, unbelief.
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,
- Passions
- ἐπιθυμία
- a longing (especially for what is forbidden): – concupiscence, desire, lust (after).
carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,
- Desires
- θέλημα
- a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination: – desire, pleasure, will.
- Body
- σάρξ
- flesh (as stripped of the skin), that is, (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred, or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specifically) a human being (as such): – carnal (-ly, + -ly minded), flesh ([-ly]).
and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
- Nature
- Φύσις
- growth (by germination or expansion), that is, (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension a genus or sort; figuratively native disposition, constitution or usage: – ([man-]) kind, nature ([-al]).
- Wrath
- ὀργή
- From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), that is, (by analogy) violent passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication punishment: – anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
But God, being rich in mercy,
- Rich
- πλούσιος
- wealthy; figuratively abounding with: – rich.
because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses,
- Dead
- νεκρός
- (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun): – dead.
made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
- Immeasurable
- ὑπερβάλλω
- to throw beyond the usual mark, that is, (figuratively) to surpass (only active participle supereminent): – exceeding, excel, pass.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing;
- Saved
- σώζω
- (contraction for the obsolete σάος saos, “safe”); to save, that is, deliver or protect (literally or figuratively): – heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
- Not
- οὐ
- A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not: – + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, [can-] not, + nothing, + special, un ([-worthy]), when, + without, + yet but.
it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
- Work
- ἔργον
- From ἔργω ergō (a primary but obsolete word; to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act: – deed, doing, labour, work.
- Boast
- καυχάομαι
- From some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέω aucheō (to boast) and G2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense): – (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.
For we are his workmanship,
- Workmanship
- Ποίημα
- a product, that is, fabric (literally or figuratively): – thing that is made, workmanship.
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
