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NASB | Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:3 Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God's] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind]. |
Subject: Is the Potter free to do as He pleases? |
Bible Note: Greetings John! Paul is writing to Christians in Ephesians 2. He talks about how they once were and then says, "Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath." Who is the 'we'? Paul and the Christians to whom he is writing are the 'we'. They once were 'objects of wrath', but now they have received God's mercy. So, the 'plain and simple' reading of the chapter is that Paul and other believers were once 'objects of wrath', but are not now. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |