The right prescription can only be found after a correct diagnosis is made. Similarly, after delivering the worse-than-we-thought bad news (Eph. 2:1–3), Paul describes the better-than-we-could-imagine Good News (Eph. 2:4–7)—"By grace you have been saved!" This passage describes God's character, God's saving actions for his people, and the reason God does all of this.