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Alive with Christ
1And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, 2Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: 3In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: 4But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved) 6And hath raised us up together and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus. 7That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God. 9Not of works, that no man may glory. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
Verses 8 and 9 tell of the unchanging goodness, grace, and implied love of God for his people. His love is often called unconditional because it does not depend on anything either in the nature of those whom he loves or in the actions of the same. And verse 10 tells of the response of human beings to God's unchanging love - to walk in good works.
1And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, 2Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: 3In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: 4But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved) 6And hath raised us up together and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus. 7That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God. 9Not of works, that no man may glory. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
Verses 8 and 9 tell of the unchanging goodness, grace, and implied love of God for his people. His love is often called unconditional because it does not depend on anything either in the nature of those whom he loves or in the actions of the same. And verse 10 tells of the response of human beings to God's unchanging love - to walk in good works.