11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
Ephesians 2:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
- KJV King James Version
- But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- ASV American Standard Version
- but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- but God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But God in his generous mercy, because of the amazing love he had for us
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
- DBY Darby Translation
- but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| πλούσιος | plousios | rich | G4145 πλούσιος rich |
| ὢν | ōn | who is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἐλέει | eleei | mercy | G1656 ἔλεος mercy |
| διὰ | dia | because of | G1223 διά through/because of |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πολλὴν | pollēn | great | G4183 πολύς much |
| ἀγάπην | agapēn | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἣν | hēn | for us | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἠγάπησεν | ēgapēsen | — | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | — | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Titus 3:4–7
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; …
- Psalm 86:15
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Romans 5:8
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Ephesians 2:7
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
- Psalm 145:8
Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
- Romans 10:12
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
- John 3:14–17
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. …
- 1 Timothy 1:14
The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
3 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.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Read all of Ephesians 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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