Ephesians 2

3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly  * 2:3 Php 3:3 desires, carrying out the inclinations  * 2:3 Mt 21:31; Lk 12:47; 23:25; Jn 1:13; 1Co 7:37; 2Pt 1:21 of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath  * 2:3 Rm 2:5; Rv 6:16 as the others were also. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy,  * 2:4 Lk 1:50 because of his great love  * 2:4 1Co 13:1; 1Jn 4:16 that he had for us,  * 2:4 Lit love with which he loved us5 made us alive  * 2:5 Col 2:13; 1Tm 5:6 with Christ even though we were dead  * 2:5 Jn 5:25 in trespasses. You are saved by grace!