Ephesians 2:1-7 ▼

1 When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin,

2 in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous:

3 of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were:

4 then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

5 did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved:

6 he hath raised us up together, and made us partakers of his heavenly kingdom.

7 that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.