Dead in Sin
Eph. 2:
1In the past your spiritual lives were dead because of your sins and the things you did wrong against God.
2Yes, in the past you lived doing those sins. You lived the way the world lives. You followed the ruler of the evil powers over the earth.
That same spirit is now working in those people who refuse to obey God.
3In the past all of us lived like those people. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We were (evil) people.
We should have suffered God’s anger because of the way we were. We were the same as all other people.
4But God’s mercy is very great, and God loved us very much.
5We were spiritually dead. We were dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ.
You have been saved by God’s grace (kindness). 6And God raised us up with Christ and gave us a seat with him in the heavenly places.
He did this for those of us who are in Christ Jesus.
He who overcomes, I will grant him to sit down with Me on My throne, as also I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. (Rev. 3:21)
Christ bought us with His own blood.
1 Peter 1:19