By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins ^2 (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(E)the sons of disobedience— ³ among whom we all once lived in ^(F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body^[a] and the mind, and ^(G)were by nature ^(H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^[b]

³¹ And he said to him, ‘Son, ^(A)you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. ³² It was fitting ^(B)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother ^(C)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”