to make alive with
suzoopoieo describes making those dead in trespasses alive together with Christ.
The term marks the making alive of people described as dead in trespasses, together with Christ or with him, in both attested clauses.
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Making alive together with Christ · dominant
The same aorist active indicative singular form occurs in both verses. In Colossians 2:13, the APB renders the clause, “God made you alive together with him,” after describing death in trespasses; in Ephesians 2:5, it presents making alive together with Christ while people were dead in trespasses.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as being made alive together with another: “God made you alive together with him” in Colossians 2:13 and making alive together with Christ in Ephesians 2:5. The verse is read as a whole.