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Egli ha vivificato anche voi, che eravate morti nei falli e nei peccati,

nei quali già camminaste, seguendo il corso di questo mondo, secondo il principe della potestà dell'aria, dello spirito che al presente opera nei figli della disubbidienza,

fra i quali anche noi tutti un tempo vivemmo nelle concupiscenze della nostra carne, adempiendo i desideri della carne e della mente, ed eravamo per natura figli d'ira, come anche gli altri.

Ma Dio, che è ricco in misericordia per il suo grande amore con il quale ci ha amati,

anche quando eravamo morti nei falli, ci ha vivificati con Cristo (voi siete salvati per grazia),

e ci ha risuscitati con lui e con lui ci ha fatti sedere nei luoghi celesti in Cristo Gesú,

per mostrare nelle età che verranno le eccellenti ricchezze della sua grazia con benignità verso di noi in Cristo Gesú.

Voi infatti siete stati salvati per grazia, mediante la fede, e ciò non viene da voi, è il dono di Dio,

non per opere, perché nessuno si glori.

10 Noi infatti siamo opera sua, creati in Cristo Gesú per le buone opere che Dio ha precedentemente preparato, perché le compiamo.

11 Perciò ricordatevi che un tempo voi gentili di nascita, chiamati incirconcisi da quelli che si dicono circoncisi, perché tali sono stati fatti nella carne per mano d'uomo,

12 eravate in quel tempo senza Cristo, estranei dalla cittadinanza d'Israele e estranei ai patti della promessa, non avendo speranza ed essendo senza Dio nel mondo.

13 Ma ora, in Cristo Gesú, voi che un tempo eravate lontani, siete stati avvicinati per mezzo del sangue di Cristo.

14 Egli infatti è la nostra pace, colui che ha fatto dei due popoli uno e ha demolito il muro di separazione,

15 avendo abolito nella sua carne l'inimicizia, la legge dei comandamenti fatta di prescrizioni, per creare in se stesso dei due un solo uomo nuovo, facendo la pace,

16 e per riconciliare a ambedue con Dio in un sol corpo per mezzo della croce, avendo ucciso l'inimicizia in se stesso.

17 Ed egli venne per annunziare la pace a voi che eravate lontani e a quelli che erano vicini,

18 poiché per mezzo di lui abbiamo entrambi accesso al Padre in uno stesso Spirito.

19 Voi dunque non siete piú forestieri né ospiti, ma concittadini dei santi e membri della famiglia di Dio,

20 edificati sul fondamento degli apostoli e dei profeti, essendo Gesú Cristo stesso la pietra angolare,

21 su cui tutto l'edificio ben collegato cresce per essere un tempio santo nel Signore,

22 nel quale anche voi siete insieme edificati per essere una dimora di Dio nello Spirito.

και υμας οντας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν και ταις αμαρτιαις υμων

εν αις ποτε περιεπατησατε κατα τον αιωνα του κοσμου τουτου κατα τον αρχοντα της εξουσιας του αερος του πνευματος του νυν ενεργουντος εν τοις υιοις της απειθειας

εν οις και ημεις παντες ανεστραφημεν ποτε εν ταις επιθυμιαις της σαρκος ημων ποιουντες τα θεληματα της σαρκος και των διανοιων και ημεθα τεκνα φυσει οργης ως και οι λοιποι

ο δε θεος πλουσιος ων εν ελεει δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου ην ηγαπησεν ημας

και οντας ημας νεκρους τοις παραπτωμασιν συνεζωοποιησεν τω χριστω χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι

και συνηγειρεν και συνεκαθισεν εν τοις επουρανιοις εν χριστω ιησου

ινα ενδειξηται εν τοις αιωσιν τοις επερχομενοις το υπερβαλλον πλουτος της χαριτος αυτου εν χρηστοτητι εφ ημας εν χριστω ιησου

τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια πιστεως και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων θεου το δωρον

ουκ εξ εργων ινα μη τις καυχησηται

10 αυτου γαρ εσμεν ποιημα κτισθεντες εν χριστω ιησου επι εργοις αγαθοις οις προητοιμασεν ο θεος ινα εν αυτοις περιπατησωμεν

11 διο μνημονευετε οτι ποτε υμεις τα εθνη εν σαρκι οι λεγομενοι ακροβυστια υπο της λεγομενης περιτομης εν σαρκι χειροποιητου

12 οτι ητε τω καιρω εκεινω χωρις χριστου απηλλοτριωμενοι της πολιτειας του ισραηλ και ξενοι των διαθηκων της επαγγελιας ελπιδα μη εχοντες και αθεοι εν τω κοσμω

13 νυνι δε εν χριστω ιησου υμεις οι ποτε οντες μακραν εγενηθητε εγγυς εν τω αιματι του χριστου

14 αυτος γαρ εστιν η ειρηνη ημων ο ποιησας τα αμφοτερα εν και το μεσοτοιχον του φραγμου λυσας

15 την εχθραν εν τη σαρκι αυτου τον νομον των εντολων εν δογμασιν καταργησας ινα τους δυο κτιση εν αυτω εις ενα καινον ανθρωπον ποιων ειρηνην

16 και αποκαταλλαξη τους αμφοτερους εν ενι σωματι τω θεω δια του σταυρου αποκτεινας την εχθραν εν αυτω

17 και ελθων ευηγγελισατο ειρηνην υμιν τοις μακραν και ειρηνην τοις εγγυς

18 οτι δι αυτου εχομεν την προσαγωγην οι αμφοτεροι εν ενι πνευματι προς τον πατερα

19 αρα ουν ουκετι εστε ξενοι και παροικοι αλλα εστε συμπολιται των αγιων και οικειοι του θεου

20 εποικοδομηθεντες επι τω θεμελιω των αποστολων και προφητων οντος ακρογωνιαιου αυτου χριστου ιησου

21 εν ω πασα οικοδομη συναρμολογουμενη αυξει εις ναον αγιον εν κυριω

22 εν ω και υμεις συνοικοδομεισθε εις κατοικητηριον του θεου εν πνευματι

Made Alive in Christ

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A) in which you used to live(B) when you followed the ways of this world(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(E) All of us also lived among them at one time,(F) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](G) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us,(H) God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(I)—it is by grace you have been saved.(J) And God raised us up with Christ(K) and seated us with him(L) in the heavenly realms(M) in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,(N) expressed in his kindness(O) to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace(P) you have been saved,(Q) through faith(R)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works,(S) so that no one can boast.(T) 10 For we are God’s handiwork,(U) created(V) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(W) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

11 Therefore, remember that formerly(X) 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)(Y) 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(Z) to the covenants of the promise,(AA) without hope(AB) and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once(AC) were far away have been brought near(AD) by the blood of Christ.(AE)

14 For he himself is our peace,(AF) who has made the two groups one(AG) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh(AH) the law with its commands and regulations.(AI) His purpose was to create in himself one(AJ) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(AK) by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace(AL) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.(AM) 18 For through him we both have access(AN) to the Father(AO) by one Spirit.(AP)

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(AQ) but fellow citizens(AR) with God’s people and also members of his household,(AS) 20 built(AT) on the foundation(AU) of the apostles and prophets,(AV) with Christ Jesus himself(AW) as the chief cornerstone.(AX) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(AY) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.