Ephesians 2

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:

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.

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;)

⁶And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

⁷That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

¹¹Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

¹²That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

¹³But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

¹⁴For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

¹⁵Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

¹⁶And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

¹⁷And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

¹⁸For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

¹⁹Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

²⁰And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

²¹In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

²²In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Ephesians 2

¹and you, being dead in your offences and sins —

²in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:

³among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:

⁴butGod, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)

⁶and has raised [us] up together, and has made [us] sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

⁷that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.

⁸For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it isGod's gift:

⁹not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.

¹⁰For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, whichGod has before prepared that we should walk in them.

¹¹Wherefore remember that ye, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand;

¹²that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and withoutGod in the world:

¹³but now in Christ Jesus ye who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.

¹⁴For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

¹⁵having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

¹⁶and might reconcile both in one body toGod by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

¹⁷and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

¹⁸For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father.

¹⁹So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household ofGod,

²⁰being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

²¹in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;

²²in whom ye also are built together for a habitation ofGod in [the] Spirit.