< Ephesians 2 >
1 You were made alive when you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
And you hath he made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 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 )
in which ye formerly walked after the manner of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that still operates in the children of disobedience: (aiōn )
3 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.
among whom also we were all conversant heretofore in our carnal desires, indulging the appetites of the flesh and of our imaginations; and were by nature children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
But God being rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith He loved us,
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
hath made us alive in Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (for by grace ye are saved) and hath raised us up together,
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; (aiōn )
That in the ages to come He might shew the superabundant riches of his grace, in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus. (aiōn )
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
For by grace ye are saved, through faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not by works, that no one may boast:
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
for we are his workmanship,
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God before prepared us, that we might walk in them.
11 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);
Wherefore remember that ye were formerly Gentiles in the flesh, called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision made by hands in the flesh;
12 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.
and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
ye, who were formerly afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and removed the wall of partition from between us;
15 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;
having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that He might form the two into one new man, in Himself, so making peace;
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which he put to death their enmity.
and that He might reconcile both in one body unto God, by the cross, having thereby slain the enmity:
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
and He came and preached peace to you that were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God;
20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone:
21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
in whom the whole building fitly joined together increaseth to an holy temple in the Lord:
22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
in whom ye also are built up together for an habitation of God by the Spirit.