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| 1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, | 1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins |
| 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. | 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— |
| 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. | 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. |
| 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, | 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, |
| 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. | 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— |
| 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, | 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, |
| 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. | 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. |
| 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- | 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, |
| 9not by works, so that no one can boast. | 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. |
| 10For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. | 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
| 11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (which is done in the body by human hands)-- | 11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— |
| 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. | 12remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. |
| 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
| 14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, | 14For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility |
| 15by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, | 15by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, |
| 16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. | 16and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. |
| 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. | 17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off 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. |
| 19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household, | 19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, |
| 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. | 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, |
| 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. | 21in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. |
| 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. | 22In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. |
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