Eph EphesiansEpheser, chapterKapitel Epistle to the EphesiansDer Brief des Paulus an die Epheser, chapterKapitel 2

Formerly we were all spiritually dead and were certain to be punished by God, but he acted very kindly toward us and saved us freely as a result of our faith in Christ.

Ephesians 2:1-10

Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ◄spiritually dead/as unable to please God as a corpse [MET] is►.