Προς Εφεσιους 2
1 και υμασ οντασ νεκρουσ τοισ παραπτωμασιν και ταισ αμαρτιαισ
You yourselves were once dead because of your offences and sins.
2 εν αισ ποτε περιεπατησατε κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου κατα τον αρχοντα τησ εξουσιασ του αεροσ του πνευματοσ του νυν ενεργουντοσ εν τοισ υιοισ τησ απειθειασ (aiōn g165)
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the powers of the air – the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient. (aiōn g165)
3 εν οισ και ημεισ παντεσ ανεστραφημεν ποτε εν ταισ επιθυμιαισ τησ σαρκοσ ημων ποιουντεσ τα θεληματα τησ σαρκοσ και των διανοιων και ημεν τεκνα φυσει οργησ ωσ και οι λοιποι
And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our nature exposed us to the divine wrath, like the rest of humanity.
4 ο δε θεοσ πλουσιοσ ων εν ελεει δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου ην ηγαπησεν ημασ
Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 και οντασ ημασ νεκρουσ τοισ παραπτωμασιν συνεζωοποιησεν τω χριστω χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι
even though we were dead because of our offences, gave life to us in giving life to the Christ. (By God’s loving kindness you have been saved.)
6 και συνηγειρεν και συνεκαθισεν εν τοισ επουρανιοισ εν χριστω ιησου
And, through our union with Christ Jesus, God raised us with him, and caused us to sit with him on high,
7 ινα ενδειξηται εν τοισ αιωσιν τοισ επερχομενοισ τον υπερβαλλοντα πλουτον τησ χαριτοσ αυτου εν χρηστοτητι εφ ημασ εν χριστω ιησου (aiōn g165)
in order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving kindness. (aiōn g165)
8 τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια τησ πιστεωσ και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων θεου το δωρον
For it is by God’s loving kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God’s.
9 ουκ εξ εργων ινα μη τισ καυχησηται
It is not due to obedience to Law, so that no one can boast.
10 αυτου γαρ εσμεν ποιημα κτισθεντεσ εν χριστω ιησου επι εργοισ αγαθοισ οισ προητοιμασεν ο θεοσ ινα εν αυτοισ περιπατησωμεν
For we are God’s handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.
11 διο μνημονευετε οτι υμεισ ποτε τα εθνη εν σαρκι οι λεγομενοι ακροβυστια υπο τησ λεγομενησ περιτομησ εν σαρκι χειροποιητου
Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called “the Uncircumcised” by those who were called “the Circumcised” – circumcised only by human hands!
12 οτι ητε εν τω καιρω εκεινω χωρισ χριστου απηλλοτριωμενοι τησ πολιτειασ του ισραηλ και ξενοι των διαθηκων τησ επαγγελιασ ελπιδα μη εχοντεσ και αθεοι εν τω κοσμω
Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the covenants founded on God’s promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.
13 νυνι δε εν χριστω ιησου υμεισ οι ποτε οντεσ μακραν εγγυσ εγενηθητε εν τω αιματι του χριστου
But now, through your union with Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have, by the shedding of the blood of the Christ, been brought near.
14 αυτοσ γαρ εστιν η ειρηνη ημων ο ποιησασ τα αμφοτερα εν και το μεσοτοιχον του φραγμου λυσασ
He it is who is our peace. He made the two divisions of humanity one, broke down the barrier that separated them,
15 την εχθραν εν τη σαρκι αυτου τον νομον των εντολων εν δογμασιν καταργησασ ινα τουσ δυο κτιση εν εαυτω εισ ενα καινον ανθρωπον ποιων ειρηνην
and in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them – the Law with its injunctions and ordinances – in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one new humanity and so make peace.
16 και αποκαταλλαξη τουσ αμφοτερουσ εν ενι σωματι τω θεω δια του σταυρου αποκτεινασ την εχθραν εν αυτω
And when, on the cross, he had destroyed their mutual enmity, he sought by means of his cross to reconcile them both to God, united in one body.
17 και ελθων ευηγγελισατο ειρηνην υμιν τοισ μακραν και τοισ εγγυσ
He came with the good news of peace for you who were far off, and of peace for those who were near;
18 οτι δι αυτου εχομεν την προσαγωγην οι αμφοτεροι εν ενι πνευματι προσ τον πατερα
for it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father.
19 αρα ουν ουκετι εστε ξενοι και παροικοι αλλα συμπολιται των αγιων και οικειοι του θεου
It follows, then, that you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellow citizens with Christ’s people and members of God’s household.
20 εποικοδομηθεντεσ επι τω θεμελιω των αποστολων και προφητων οντοσ ακρογωνιαιου αυτου ιησου χριστου
You have been built up on the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
21 εν ω πασα οικοδομη συναρμολογουμενη αυξει εισ ναον αγιον εν κυριω
United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.
22 εν ω και υμεισ συνοικοδομεισθε εισ κατοικητηριον του θεου εν πνευματι
And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a place where God lives through the Spirit.
