Ephesians 2

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

And so God has given life to you Gentiles also, who were once dead in your 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 g165)

in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience. (aiōn g165)

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.

And among them we all once passed our lives, indulging the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of our senses and temperament, and were by nature the children of wrath like all the rest.

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

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

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

even while we were dead in our trespasses, made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved).

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

together with him He raised us from the dead, and together with Christ Jesus seated us in the heavenly realm,

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

in order that he might show to the ages to come the amazing riches of his grace by his goodness to 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 God’s gift.

9 not of works, that no one would boast.

It is not of works, so that any one can boast of it;

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

for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.

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);

Do not forget then, that you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by the "circumcision" made in flesh by man’s hand,

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.

were once upon a time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the Promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in 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 has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition 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;

In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make 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.

Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity.

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

So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near;

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

because it is through him that we both have access in 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,

Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household.

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

You are built upon 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 him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling- place of God through his Spirit.