Ephesians 2

1 You, who were dead in trespasses and in your sins,

You were made alive when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

2 in which at one time you walked about according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience; (aiōn g165)

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; (aiōn g165)

3 among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:

among whom we also all once lived in the lust 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, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

5 created life in us in Christ, who were dead in trespasses, by grace you have been saved,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and he has raised you up, and caused you to sit in the heavenlies, in Christ Jesus:

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 in order that he may show in coming ages the superabounding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

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

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, in order that no one may boast:

not of works, that no one would boast.

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

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

11 Therefore remember, that when you were Gentiles in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, made in the flesh with hands;

Therefore remember that once you, the non-Jews in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);

12 because you were at that time without Christ, being alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and being atheists in the world.

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 But now you are in Christ Jesus, who being at one time far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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

14 For he is our peace, the one having made both one, and having broken down the middle wall of partition,

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

15 having destroyed the law of commandments in ordinances, through his flesh, the enmity, in order that He might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

16 and that he may reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity on in.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.

17 And having come he preached the gospel of peace to you, who were far away, and peace to them who were nigh:

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

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

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

19 Then therefore you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,

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

20 having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

21 in whom the entire edifice, being assimilated, increases into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

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

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.