“As a Jew Paul had been one of the "children of unbelief" in whom "the devil was at work," especially when he persecuted the church and the Christ of the Creator. On this account he says, "We were by nature children of wrath." But he says "by nature" so that a heretic could not argue that it was the Lord who created ev…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — AGAINST MARCION 5.17.9-10
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3Among 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.
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1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2Wherein 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:
— Ephesians 2:3 —
4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)