Ephesians 2

1 And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,

Even you, being dead to offenses and sins,

2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: (aiōn g165)

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is actively at work in the sons of disobedience: (aiōn g165)

3 In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others:

4 But God, (who is rich in mercy, ) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved, )

made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved, )

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

and raised us up, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus;

7 That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

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

9 Not of works, that no man may glory.

not by works, lest any one should boast.

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

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

11 For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands;

For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands;

12 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and without God in this world.

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

13 But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

but now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, have become near, by the blood of the Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:

For he is our peace, who has made both parties one, and broken down the partition wall that separated us,

15 Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees; that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

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

16 And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.

and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;

17 And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.

and having come, he preached peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near:

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

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

19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God,

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

20 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:

having been builded upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

21 In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.

in whom the whole building, compactly fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

22 In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.

in whom you also are builded together, for a dwelling-place of God by his Spirit.