Ephesians 2

1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

You were dead in the trespasses and sins

2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. (aiōn g165)

in which you once walked when you followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the realm of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. (aiōn g165)

3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of our flesh and our impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Yet God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

made us alive together with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses—by grace you have been saved.

6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

so that in the ages to come he might show the surpassing riches of his grace through his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

not by works, so that no one may boast.

10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “the uncircumcision” by those who call themselves “the circumcision,” which is made in the flesh by hands—

12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

remember that you were apart from Christ at that time, excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

For he is our peace, who has united both the Jews and Gentiles into one people and has broken down the wall of hostility that divided us.

15 by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

He did this by abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances in order to make peace between the two groups and create in himself one new people.

16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

He reconciled both groups to God in one body through the cross, by which he put the hostility to death.

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

He came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far away and to those who were near.

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

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

19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.

21 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

22 And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

And in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.