#  The Glorious Surprise of the Gospel

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#  Scripture

Ephesians 2:1-5

English Standard Version

### By Grace Through Faith

2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course\[[a](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202%3A1-5&version=ESV#fen-ESV-29215a "See footnote a")\] of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.\[[b](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202%3A1-5&version=ESV#fen-ESV-29216b "See footnote b")\] 4 But\[[c](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202%3A1-5&version=ESV#fen-ESV-29217c "See footnote c")\] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

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