Is There a Righteousness in Ephesians 2?

The point of contention is not whether or not we were dead like christ. That's not the point of contention. The point of contention has to do with how, through faith, we are responsible for believing in god. And i think this passage very clearly says, we areded like jesus was in the grave, that is. So there's a parallel being drawn. Here tween the deadness of christ in the tomb and thedeadness of man in sin. In christ, jesus. Even when we were dead in our transgressions, he made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved and raised us up with him  and seated us with