| Berean Study Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, | 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins |
| 2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. | 2in which you previously lived according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient. |
| 3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. | 3We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. |
| 4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, | 4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us, |
| 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! | 5made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! |
| 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, | 6He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, |
| 7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. | 7so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. |
| 8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, | 8For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift-- |
| 9not by works, so that no one can boast. | 9not from works, so that no one can boast. |
| 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. | 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do. |
| 11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— | 11So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh--called "the uncircumcised" by those called "the circumcised," which is done in the flesh by human hands. |
| 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. | 12At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world. |
| 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. | 13But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
| 14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility | 14For he is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh, |
| 15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace | 15he made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that he might create in himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace. |
| 16and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility. | 16He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death. |
| 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. | 17He came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. |
| 18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. | 18For through him we both have access in one spirit to the Father. |
| 19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, | 19So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household, |
| 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. | 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. |
| 21In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. | 21In him the whole building, being put together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. |
| 22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit. | 22In him you are also being built together for God's dwelling in the Spirit. |
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