Ephesians 2:3
Once we all lived among these people, fulfilling the evil desires of our sinful nature, and carrying out the desires of the body and of the mind. We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of humanity.This verse in the real world
In what words
- φύσιςphýsisgrowth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal des
- ἀναστρέφωanastréphōto overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live
- διάνοιαdiánoiadeep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercis
- ποτέpotéindefinite adverb, at some time, ever
- ὀργήorgḗproperly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), viole
- ἐπιθυμίαepithymíaa longing (especially for what is forbidden)
- θέλημαthélēmaa determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree;
- τέκνονtéknona child (as produced)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Tit 3:3, Eph 4:22, Gal 5:16–24, 1Pe 1:14, Rom 13:14, Rom 6:12, 1Co 6:9–11, Psa 51:5