Ephesians 2:3
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.
Nota de Estudo
Study Note
The description of the pre-conversion state as living 'in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind' extends the scope of the problem from behavior to nature. The phrase 'children of wrath by nature' (tekna physei orgēs) has been a central text in the Augustinian doctrine of original sin and the inherited fallenness of human nature. Importantly, the 'we' of verse 3 includes Jewish believers alongside the Gentiles of verse 2, refusing any ethnic exemption from the universal condition of fallenness. The dramatic 'but God' of verse 4 — introducing mercy and love as the divine response to wrath-deserving nature — is one of the great theological reversals in Pauline literature.
Outras Traduções
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:—
among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
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