Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Ephesians 2:4

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”

Ephesians 2:4 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Ephesians 2:4, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Ephesians 2. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
  • Psalms 86:15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
  • Titus 3:4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
  • Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Ephesians 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  • Psalms 145:8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
  • Romans 10:12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
  • John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
  • 1 Timothy 1:14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Psalms 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
  • Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
  • Jeremiah 31:3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
  • 1 John 4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

More to meet God in Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 3:20Ephesians 4:32Ephesians 6:11Ephesians 1:7Ephesians 4:31Ephesians 2:2Ephesians 5:3Ephesians 1:4Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 6:18Ephesians 2:3

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.