Ephesians 2:4
New International Version
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

New Living Translation
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,

English Standard Version
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Berean Standard Bible
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Berean Literal Bible
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

King James Bible
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

New King James Version
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

New American Standard Bible
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

NASB 1995
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

NASB 1977
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Legacy Standard Bible
But God, being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us,

Amplified Bible
But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,

Christian Standard Bible
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

American Standard Version
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But God who is rich in his compassion, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,

English Revised Version
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But God is rich in mercy because of his great love for us.

Good News Translation
But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,

International Standard Version
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us

Literal Standard Version
but God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Majority Standard Bible
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

New American Bible
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,

NET Bible
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

New Revised Standard Version
But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us

New Heart English Bible
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Webster's Bible Translation
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Weymouth New Testament
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,

World English Bible
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Young's Literal Translation
and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Alive with Christ
3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. 4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!…

Cross References
Isaiah 63:7
I will make known the LORD's loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us--the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.


Treasury of Scripture

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

who.

Ephesians 2:7
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

his.

Deuteronomy 7:7,8
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: …

Deuteronomy 9:5,6
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…

Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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Ephesians 2
1. By comparing what we were by nature, with what we are by grace,
10. he declares that we are made for good works: and being brought near by Christ,
19. should not live as Gentiles and foreigners, but as citizens with the saints, and the family of God.














(4) Rich in mercy.--Not only merciful, but rich "in the multitude of mercy," as attaching even to those dead in sin (see Chrysostom on this passage). The idea of richness in grace, glory, mercy, is especially frequent in this Epistle. (See Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 3:8; Ephesians 3:16.)

For his great love.--Again, as in Ephesians 1:4, stress is laid on the love of God, before all else, as the one moving cause of salvation. (Comp. Romans 5:8, "God commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.") . . .

Verse 4. - But God, being rich in mercy. The preceding verses convey the idea of a rushing towards inevitable ruin - towards some frightful cataract, when all help from man is hopeless. Man's extremity becomes God's opportunity. The "but" is very emphatic, and wonderfully reverses the picture. The sovereignty of God is very apparent, on its gracious side. It interposes to rescue those who would otherwise plunge into irretrievable ruin. We have here the filling up of that Divine saying, "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help." The genesis of salvation is declared to be in two of God's attributes, of which the first is mercy, or compassion. God has a tender, yearning feeling towards men brought to misery by their own sins. And this feeling is not shallow or spare - he is rich in mercy. It is an exuberant, full-flowing feeling in God ("Thy mercy ... is in the heavens," Psalm 36:5), and may therefore be appealed to trustfully. For his great love wherewith he loved us. The other attribute from which the plan of salvation sprang is God's love. Love is more than compassion. Compassion may be confined to the breast, but love goes forth in active beneficence. It makes common cause with its object. It cannot rest till its object is lint right. Two expressions are used intensifying this Divine love:

(1) his great love;

(2) love with which he loved us;

the verb of love governing the noun of love makes the idea rich and strong. This view of the exuberance of the Divine attributes from which salvation has its rise is in harmony with the whole character of the Epistle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

because of
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

great
πολλὴν (pollēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

love
ἀγάπην (agapēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.

for us,
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

God,
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

who is
ὢν (ōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

rich
πλούσιος (plousios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4145: Rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man. From ploutos; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

mercy,
ἐλέει (eleei)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1656: Pity, mercy, compassion. Of uncertain affinity; compassion.


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