In Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul describes the ethical conduct of a person who is in Christ and a person who is not in Christ. The evildoer is dead in transgressions and sins, therefore whatever he does is repudiated to God even those benevolent acts that a sinful person can perform. Ladd points out that in Ephesians chapter two there is ethical significance union with Christ because the chapter describes this union in terms of new life in Christ linked with his resurrection and ascension, on the other hand, the person without faith in Christ is dead and live under the dominion of the flesh. Consequently, the old man cannot do anything to earn his salvation, even his kind actions do not draw him close to God instead they will take him away from the
