Ephesians 2

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

Even you, being dead to offenses and sins,

2 in which you once walked according to the course of this age (aiōn g165), according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is actively at work in the sons of disobedience: (aiōn g165)

3 We also all once lived among them in the lusts 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 all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, 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, on account of his 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—

made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved, )

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

and raised us up, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus;

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

that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness 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 the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

9 not of works, that no one would boast.

not by works, lest any one should boast.

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 workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands;

12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

but now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, have become near, by the blood of the Christ.

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

For he is our peace, who has made both parties one, and broken down the partition wall that separated us,

15 having abolished in his 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 cause of enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might, by himself, form the two into one new man, thus making peace;

16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity;

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

and having come, he preached peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near:

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

for, through him, we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

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

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

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

having been builded 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 whom the whole building, compactly fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

in whom you also are builded together, for a dwelling-place of God by his Spirit.