Sunday's Scripture Reading ~ Ephesians 2:4-5

Welcome to another edition of Sunday's Scripture Reading!! I hope and pray that everyone had a great and fulfilling weekend. This past weekend I was taking care of my mom. She had a cochlear implant, which was a huge success. Thank you Lord. My family and I ate Sunday dinner over her house. I cooked...Yay me!! It was delicious. I wished I had taken a picture.


But anywho, our Sunday Scripture Reading for today and this week's theme is Ephesians 2:4-5.




"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)."



In these scriptures, Paul is informing us that sin no longer has power over God's children. When Jesus died on the cross, that power was destroyed. We were dead to sin, but now we are alive in Christ!! Hallelujah!!

If it wasn't for God being rich in mercy and having great love for us, where would we be?  In addition to that, when we were dead, by His grace, His unmerited favor, God brought us back to life and saved us. God's grace is definitely more than enough for me. How about you?

This week we are going to dig a little deeper in the name of Jesus.



Other Bible Translations for Ephesians 2:4-5

"But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,  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!)" (nlt)


"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions;it is by grace you have been saved." (niv)

"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!" (msg)

"But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great, 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." (gnt)



"But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, 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)." (amp)