Ephesians 2:1-7
International Standard Version
God Has Brought Us from Death to Life
2 You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins 2 that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.[a] 3 Indeed, all of us once behaved like[b] them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for[c] wrath, just like everyone else. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us[d] 5 even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with[e] the Messiah[f] (by grace you have been saved), 6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly realm in the Messiah[g] Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah[h] Jesus.
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- Ephesians 2:2 Lit. the sons of disobedience
- Ephesians 2:3 Or lived among
- Ephesians 2:3 Lit. were children of
- Ephesians 2:4 Lit. love with which he loved us
- Ephesians 2:5 Other mss. read in
- Ephesians 2:5 Or Christ
- Ephesians 2:6 Or Christ
- Ephesians 2:7 Or Christ
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