Ephesians 2

1 And as for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins.

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

2 It was in these trespasses and sins that you once lived according to the ways of this world. You were living according to the ruler of the authorities of the air, the spirit that is 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 Once we all lived among these people, fulfilling the evil desires of our sinful nature, and carrying out the desires of the body and of the mind. We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of humanity.

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 is rich in mercy because 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 While we were dead in trespasses, he made us alive together in Christ—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 God raised us up together with Christ, and God made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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

7 so that in the ages to come he might show to us the immeasurably great riches of his grace expressed in his 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 this did not come from you, 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 from works and so no one may boast.

not of works, that no one would boast.

10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good deeds that God planned long ago for us, so that we would 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 once you were Gentiles in the flesh. You are called “uncircumcision” by what is called the “circumcision” in the flesh made by human 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 For at that time you were separated from Christ, foreigners to the people of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God 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 in Christ Jesus you who once were far away from God have been brought near 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. He made the two one. By his flesh he destroyed the wall of hostility that divided us.

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

15 That is, he abolished the law of commandments and regulations so that he might create one new man in himself, and 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 Christ reconciles both peoples into one body to God through the cross, putting to death the hostility.

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

17 Jesus came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

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

18 For through Jesus 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 So then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.

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

20 You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.

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

21 In him the whole building fits together and grows as a temple in the Lord.

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

22 It is in him that you also are being built together as a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.

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