Ephesians 2

1 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;

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

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children 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 also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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

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

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

6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:

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

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (aiōn g165)

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

8 For by grace are ye 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, lest any man should boast.

not of works, that no one would boast.

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

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

11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by 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 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

that you were at that time separate from Messiah, 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 in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];

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

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] 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 might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

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

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

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

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

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

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and 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 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];

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

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

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

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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