Ephesians 2

1 He[F] raised you up as well, when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

You were dead in the trespasses and sins

2 in which you once walked, according to the Aeon of this world, the ruler of the domain of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of the 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 among whom all of us also used to conduct ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, just like the rest.

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 God—being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

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

5 even when we were dead in our transgressions—made us alive together with Christ (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 raised us up together and seated us together 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, through His kindness toward 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 by grace you have been saved, through the Faith—and this not of 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 may boast.

not by works, so that no one may boast.

10 You see, we are His ‘poem’, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance in order that we should walk in them.

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

11 So then, remember that once you physical Gentiles—called ‘uncircumcision’ by the so-called ‘circumcision’ (that made in flesh with 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 that at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no 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 come to be near through the blood of the 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 both one and broken down the barrier of separation—the law with its commandments and ordinances—

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 having abolished the enmity through His ‘flesh’, so as to mold the two [Jew and Gentile] into one new man in Himself (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 to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross (by which He killed the enmity).

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

17 He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near,

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

18 because 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 So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, 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 upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

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

21 in whom the whole building, being joined together, 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 in whom you also are being built together to become a habitation of God in spirit.

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