Ephesians 2
1 At one time you were dead in your sins and evil actions,
And you [did he quicken], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
2 living your lives according to the ways of the world, under the control of the devil, whose spirit is at work in those who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
wherein aforetime ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (aiōn g165)
3 All of us were once like that, our behavior determined by the desires of our sinful human nature and our evil way of thinking. Like everyone else, in our nature we were children of anger.
among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: —
4 But God in his generous mercy, because of the amazing love he had for us
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 even while we were dead in our sins, has made us alive together with Christ. Trusting in him has saved you!
even when we were dead through our trespasses, quickened us together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
6 He raised us up with Christ, and in Christ Jesus seated us with him in heaven,
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:
7 so that in all eternity to come he could demonstrate the amazing extent of his grace in showing us kindness through Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)
that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: (aiōn g165)
8 For you've been saved by grace through trusting in him—it's not through yourselves, it's the gift of God!
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
9 This has nothing to do with human effort, so don't be proud of yourselves.
not of works, that no man should glory.
10 We're the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
11 So you who are “foreigners” humanly-speaking, called “uncircumcised” by those who are “circumcised” (which is only a procedure carried out by human beings), you need to remember
Wherefore remember, that aforetime ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
12 that once you had no relationship to Christ. You were barred as foreigners from being citizens of Israel, strangers to the agreement God had promised. You had no hope and you lived in the world without God.
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once a long way off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
14 Christ is our peace. Through his body he made the two into one, and broke down the separating wall of hostility that divided us,
For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,
15 freeing us from the law with its requirements and regulations. He did this so he could create in himself one new person out of the two and so make peace,
having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the twain one new man, [so] making peace;
16 and completely reconcile both of them to God through the cross as if they were just one body, having destroyed our hostility towards each other.
and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 He came and shared the good news of peace with those of you who were far away, and those who were nearby,
and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:
18 because through him we both gain access to the Father through the same Spirit.
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
19 That means you're no longer strangers and foreigners; you are fellow citizens of God's people and belong to God's family
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
20 that's being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In him the whole building is joined together, growing to form a holy temple for the Lord.
in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;
22 You too are being built together in him as a place for God to live by the Spirit.
in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
