Ephesians 2

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

and you, being dead in your offences 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 ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works 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 we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as 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 wherewith he loved us,

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

(we too being dead in offences, ) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace, )

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

and has raised [us] up together, and has made [us] sit down together in the heavenlies 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 display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards 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 ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

9 not of works, that no one would boast.

not on the principle of works, that no one might 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, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has 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),

Wherefore remember that ye, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand;

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 ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of 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 ye who once were afar off are become nigh 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 one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

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 annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

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

and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

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

and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh.

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

For through him we have both access by 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,

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of 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;

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

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

in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;

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

in whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit.