"For by grace you have been saved..."
Whenever you see a "for" at the beginning of a sentence, you should look at the sentences prior to see WHAT "for".
There are a lot of things going on here.
1. FACT: We are naturally, in our nature, sons and daughters of wrath - of sin. We were all dead because of our sins (v.1).
2. BUT - God because of his mercy and great love (v.4) raised us up and made us alive with Christ. He took away the sin that made us dead...
3. WHY? So that he might show us his immeasurable riches of his grace (v. 7). He might show us how amazing He really is.
4. CONCLUSION: "For by grace you have been saved through faith." This is a gift of God - not as a result of works, so we have nothing to show off or be arrogant about.
God has done all these things. He saved us because of His mercy and love. This is called grace. It's a gift to us - so that we can begin to experience how amazing God really is. We are all sinners saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.
We were all sinners bound for death but now we are sinners saved by grace, being cleansed by Him and experiencing His glory.
Praise the Lord!
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