³² But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”^(A)

¹⁵ For if their rejection brought reconciliation^(A) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?^(B)

Made Alive in Christ

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,^(A)

¹³ When you were dead in your sins^(A) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[a] alive^(B) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,^(C)

To the Church in Sardis

3 “To the angel^[a] of the church in Sardis^(A) write: