In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel (euangelion) of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, – Ephesians 1:13 (ESV)
gospel: euangelion – good news (Vine’s)
Our Former Position/Condition: (vv.1-3)
I was (v.1)
Ultimately, I was (v.3c)
(v.4) “But God, …” (KJV, NKJV, NASU, ESV) (vv.4-9)
God me (v.4)
God’s led to
God made me with Christ (v.5)
…even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together (sunezooopoieesen) with Christ
– Ephesians 2:5 (NASU)
alive together: (sunezooopoieesen) – to make one alive together with another (Thayer’s)
He raised me to the place of (v.6)
…and raised us up with Him (sunegeiroo), and seated us with Him (sungkathizoo) in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, – Ephesians 2:6 (NASU)
Raised us up with Him: sunegeiroo – to raise together, to cause to rise together (Thayer’s)
Seated with Him: sungkathizoo – to cause to sit down together (Thayer’s)
He shares his with (v.6)
…They will reign as kings forever… – Revelation 22:5 (CJB)
He keeps me and in Him (v.7)
(vv.8-9)
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that (Salvation) not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. – Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASU)
We have not been by our works
We cannot be by our works (BEC)
(v.10)
…so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do – Ephesians 1:18 (The Message)
I am God’s and He has in store for me
For we are His workmanship (poiema), created in Christ Jesus for good (agathos) works (ergon), which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10 (NASU)
poem: from Greek poiema (MW)
We are God’s work of art (v.10) (Jerusalem Bible)
works: ergon – business, employment, that with which anyone is occupied (Thayer’s)
good: agathos – In general it denotes excelling in any respect, distinguished, good (Thayer’s)
Conversion isn’t the it’s the