EPHESIANS

Ephesians Chapter 2

1 ¶ And he has given you life, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2 In which you formerly walked according to the way of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom we all likewise formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4 ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (you are saved by grace;)

6 And has raised us up together with him, and made us sit with him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

8 For you are saved by grace through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, that God determined in advance that we should do.

11 ¶ Therefore remember, that formerly you being Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcised by those who call themselves the Circumcision (that in the flesh made by hands);

12 Remember that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away are made near by the blood of Christ.

14 ¶ For he is our peace, who has made both Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the wall of hostility that separated us;

15 Having abolished in his flesh the law of commandments contained in ordinances; in order to make of the two one new body in him, so making peace;

16 And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having thereby put the hostility to death:

17 And came and preached peace to you that were far away, and to them who were near.

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

19 For that reason you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and the household of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom the entire building fitly bound together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom you are also built together as a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.