Ephesians 2:3 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:3

All 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.

BSB

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ASV

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

KJV

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-5 (420)

There is a difference between sin of the flesh and sin of the mind. The sin of the flesh is indecency and profligacy and whatever might act as instrument to its lusts. The transgression of the mind pertains to doctrine contrary to truth and to the baseness of heretics.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

David Brainerd

1718–1747

The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (ed. Jonathan Edwards), conviction narrative, Chapter I (1749)

I found that faith was the sovereign gift of God; that I could not get it as of myself; and could not oblige God to bestow it upon me by any of my performances.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Also, formerly had our conversation: doing the will of the flesh - In gross, brutal sins. And of the mind - By spiritual, diabolical wickedness. In the former clause, flesh denotes the whole evil nature; in the latter, the body opposed to the soul.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

We all had our conversation - see the notes at 2Co 1:12; compare 1Pe 4:3. In the lusts of our flesh - Living to gratify the flesh, or the propensities of a corrupt nature. It is observable here that the apostle changes the form of the address from “ye” to “we,” thus including himself with others, and saying that this was true of “all” before their conversion. He means undoubtedly to say, that whatever might have been the place of their birth, or the differences of religion under which they had been trained, they were substantially alike by nature.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
οἷς	hois	whom	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
ἀνεστράφημέν	anestraphēmen	lived	G390 →
ποτε	pote	once	G4218 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
ἐπιθυμίαις	epithumiais	desires	G1939 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
σαρκὸς	sarkos	flesh	G4561 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ποιοῦντες	poiountes	doing	G4160 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
θελήματα	thelēmata	things willed	G2307 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
σαρκὸς	sarkos	flesh	G4561 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῶν	tōn	of [its]	G3588 →
διανοιῶν	dianoiōn	thoughts	G1271 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤμεθα	ēmetha	we were	G1510 →
τέκνα	tekna	children	G5043 →
φύσει	phusei	by nature	G5449 →
ὀργῆς	orgēs	of wrath	G3709 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
λοιποί.¶	loipoi	rest.	G3062 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:24
  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Galatians 5:16–17
  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 3:27
  For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Through
Ephesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
leads to
- Romans 6:6
  We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Hebrews 12:1
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
- James 1:21
  Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.