Ephesians 2 (New American Standard Bible)

Ephesians 2

Made Alive in Christ

 ²in which you ^(B)formerly walked according to the course of ^(C)this world, according to ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^(E)the sons of disobedience.

 ³Among them we too all ^(F)formerly lived in ^(G)the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were ^(H)by nature ^(I)children of wrath, ^(J)even as the rest.

 ⁴But God, being ^(K)rich in mercy, because of ^(L)His great love with which He loved us,

 ⁵even when we were ^(M)dead in our transgressions, made us alive together ^[a]with Christ (^(N)by grace you have been saved),

 ⁶and ^(O)raised us up with Him, and ^(P)seated us with Him in ^(Q)the heavenly places in ^(R)Christ Jesus,

 ⁷so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^(S)riches of His grace in ^(T)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

 ⁸For ^(U)by grace you have been saved ^(V)through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is ^(W)the gift of God;

 ^9(X)not as a result of works, so that ^(Y)no one may boast.

 ¹⁰For we are His workmanship, ^(Z)created in ^(AA)Christ Jesus for ^(AB)good works, which God ^(AC)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(AD)walk in them.

 ¹¹Therefore remember that ^(AE)formerly ^(AF)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "^(AG)Uncircumcision" by the so-called "^(AH)Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands--

 ¹²remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^(AI)excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to ^(AJ)the covenants of promise, having ^(AK)no hope and ^(AL)without God in the world.

 ¹³But now in ^(AM)Christ Jesus you who ^(AN)formerly were ^(AO)far off have ^(AP)been brought near ^(AQ)by the blood of Christ.

 ¹⁴For He Himself is ^(AR)our peace, ^(AS)who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

 ¹⁵by ^(AT)abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is ^(AU)the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^(AV)make the two into ^(AW)one new man, thus establishing ^(AX)peace,

 ¹⁶and might ^(AY)reconcile them both in ^(AZ)one body to God through the cross, by it having ^(BA)put to death the enmity.

 ¹⁷AND ^(BB)HE CAME AND PREACHED ^(BC)PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE ^(BD)FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE ^(BE)NEAR;

 ¹⁸for through Him we both have ^(BF)our access in ^(BG)one Spirit to ^(BH)the Father.

 ¹⁹So then you are no longer ^(BI)strangers and aliens, but you are ^(BJ)fellow citizens with the saints, and are of ^(BK)God's household,

 ²⁰having been ^(BL)built on ^(BM)the foundation of ^(BN)the apostles and prophets, ^(BO)Christ Jesus Himself being the ^(BP)corner stone,

 ^21(BQ)in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^(BR)a holy temple in the Lord,

 ²²in whom you also are being ^(BS)built together into a ^(BT)dwelling of God in the Spirit.