Ephesians 2

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

He[F] raised you up as well, when you were dead in your transgressions 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 once walked, according to the Aeon of this world, the ruler of the domain of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of the 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 all of us also used to conduct ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and of the senses, and were by nature children of wrath, just like the rest.

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

But God—being rich in mercy, because 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—

even when we were dead in our transgressions—made us alive together with Christ (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,

and raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenly realms 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 g165)

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, through His kindness toward 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 not of yourselves, it is the gift of God—

9 not of works, that no one would boast.

not by works, so that no one may boast.

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

You see, we are His ‘poem’, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance in order 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),

So then, remember that once you physical Gentiles—called ‘uncircumcision’ by the so-called ‘circumcision’ (that made in flesh with 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 at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and strangers 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 off are made near in the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have come to be near through 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 Himself is our peace, who has made both one and broken down the barrier of separation—the law with its commandments and ordinances—

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 the enmity through His ‘flesh’, so as to mold the two [Jew and Gentile] into one new man in Himself (thus making peace),

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

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross (by which He killed the enmity).

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

He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near,

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

because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

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

So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but 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;

built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

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

in whom the whole building, being joined 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 being built together to become a habitation of God in spirit.