When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ.
Summary: Paul, himself, provides the summary for this meditation. In fact, this passage summarizes the entire Bible!
In this passage, Paul captures the heart of the entire Bible.
• Genesis chapters 1–3 describe how we became “dead” in our sins.
• Genesis 4 through the end of the Old Testament (Malachi 4) describe the uncircumcised life of the flesh.
• The New Testament is all about God making us alive with Christ.