Ephesians 2:1-5

New American Standard Bible

Made Alive in Christ

2 And ^[a]you ^[b]were ^(A)dead ^[c]in your offenses and sins, ²in which you ^(B)previously walked according to the ^[d]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 ^[e]sons of disobedience. ³Among them ^[f]we too all ^(F)previously lived in ^(G)the lusts of our flesh, ^[g]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^[h]mind, and were ^(H)by nature ^(I)children of wrath, ^(J)just 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 ^[i]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[j]with Christ (^(N)by grace you have been saved),

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Ephesians 2:1 Lit being
Ephesians 2:1 I.e., Gentile believers
Ephesians 2:1 Or by reason of
Ephesians 2:2 Lit age
Ephesians 2:2 I.e., people opposed to God
Ephesians 2:3 I.e., Jewish believers
Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing
Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts
Ephesians 2:5 Or by reason of
Ephesians 2:5 Two early mss in Christ

Titus 3:5

New American Standard Bible

⁵^(A)He saved us, ^(B)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but ^(C)in accordance with His mercy, by the ^(D)washing of regeneration and ^(E)renewing by the Holy Spirit,