Ephesians 2:4 (WEB)
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
Catechism · 3
The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
“Through the liturgy the inner man is rooted and grounded in "the great love with which [the Father] loved us" in his beloved Son.” — Catechism footnote: Eph 2:4; 3:16-17.
I Believe in God
“By going so far as to give up his own Son for us, God reveals that he is "rich in mercy".” — Catechism footnote: Eph 2:4
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
“Justification consists in both victory over the death caused by sin and a new participation in grace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 2:4-5; I Pt 1:3.
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“God the Father chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without spot before Him.We walked in the lusts of the flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were children of wrath, even as the rest.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 3, 4.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…and again, But God being rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ, and the rest.” — editor's note: Ib. ii. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
““For we also were once children of wrath, even as others; but God, being rich in mercy, for the great love wherewith He loved us, when we were now dead in trespasses, quickened us together with Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 3–5.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“As the blessed Paul saith in a certain place, when describing the incomprehensible riches of Christ: ‘But God, being rich in mercy, for the great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in follies and sins, quickened us with Christ.’” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 4, 5.
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Aphrahat
“And the blessed Apostle said thus:—God loved as in the love of His Son.” — editor's note: Cf. Eph. ii. 4. 5.
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Leo the Great
“Let us then, dearly beloved, give thanks to God the Father, through His Son, in the Holy Spirit, Who “for His great mercy, wherewith He has loved us,” has had pity on us: and “when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together in Christ,” that we might be in Him a new creation and a new production.” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 4, 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And so accordingly we may understand the Lord to have said, “That where I am, there they may be also.”” — editor's note: Eph. ii. 4–6.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Catechism §1073.
Cited together in Catechism §1073.
Cited together in Catechism §1073.
Cited together in Catechism §654.
Cited together in Catechism §211.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 21.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 21.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 21.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 21.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 21.
Cited together in Catechism §211.