32 It was fitting ^eto celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ⁱwas dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”

15 For if their rejection means ^xthe reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^jAnd you were ^kdead in the trespasses and sins

13 ^aAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^bmade alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ⁱwho has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^jof being alive, ^kbut you are dead.