Ephesians 2

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

and also you, he filleth, who were dead in your sins, and in your offences,

2 in 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: (aiōn g165)

in the which ye before walked, according to the worldliness of this world, and according to the pleasure of the prince potentate of the air, that spirit which is active in the children of disobedience: (aiōn g165)

3 among 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:

in which deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like the rest.

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

But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us,

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

when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;

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

and resuscitated us with him, and seated us with him in heaven, in Jesus the Messiah:

7 that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

that he might show to the coming ages the magnitude of the riches of his grace, and his benignity towards us in Jesus the Messiah. (aiōn g165)

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

For it is by his grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God:

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

not of works, lest any one glory.

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

For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.

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

Wherefore be mindful, that ye formerly were carnal Gentiles; and ye were called the uncircumcision, by that which is called the circumcision, and which is the work of the hands in the flesh.

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

And ye were, at that time, without the Messiah; and were aliens from the regulations of Israel; and strangers to the covenant of the promise; and were without hope, and without God, in the world.

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

But now, by Jesus the Messiah, ye who before were afar off, have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

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

For he is himself our peace, who hath made the two become one, and hath demolished the wall which stood in the midst, and the enmity, by his flesh;

15 having 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;

and by his prescriptions he hath abolished the law of ordinances; that, in himself, he might make the two to be one new man; and he hath made peace,

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

and hath reconciled both with God, in one body, and hath slain the enmity by his cross.

17 and, 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.

And he came, and proclaimed peace to you afar off, and to those near:

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

because, by him there is access for us both, by one Spirit, unto the Father.

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

Wherefore, ye are not strangers, nor sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.

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

And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice.

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

And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.