Ephesians 2:1-10

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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— ³among 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] ⁴But^[c] God, being ^(I)rich in mercy, ^(J)because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵even ^(K)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(L)made us alive together with Christ—^(M)by grace you have been saved— ⁶and raised us up with him and ^(N)seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^(O)riches of his grace in ^(P)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ^(Q)by grace you have been saved ^(R)through faith. And this is ^(S)not your own doing; ^(T)it is the gift of God, ⁹^(U)not a result of works, ^(V)so that no one may boast. ¹⁰For ^(W)we are his workmanship, ^(X)created in Christ Jesus ^(Y)for good works, ^(Z)which God prepared beforehand, ^(AA)that we should walk in them.

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Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest
Ephesians 2:4 Or And

Romans 3:9-31

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No One Is Righteous

⁹What then? Are we Jews^[a] any better off?^[b] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both ^(A)Jews and ^(B)Greeks, are ^(C)under sin, ¹⁰as it is written:

^(D)“None is righteous, no, not one;
¹¹    no one understands;
    no one seeks for God.
¹²All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    no one does good,
    not even one.”
¹³^(E)“Their throat is ^(F)an open grave;
    they use their tongues to deceive.”
^(G)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
¹⁴    ^(H)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
¹⁵^(I)“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
¹⁶    in their paths are ruin and misery,
¹⁷and ^(J)the way of peace they have not known.”
¹⁸    ^(K)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹Now we know that whatever ^(L)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^(M)so that every mouth may be stopped, and ^(N)the whole world may be held accountable to God. ²⁰For ^(O)by works of the law no human being^[c] will be justified in his sight, since ^(P)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

The Righteousness of God Through Faith

²¹But now ^(Q)the righteousness of God ^(R)has been manifested apart from the law, although ^(S)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²²the righteousness of God ^(T)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. ^(U)For there is no distinction: ²³for ^(V)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴^(W)and are justified ^(X)by his grace as a gift, ^(Y)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God ^(Z)put forward as ^(AA)a propitiation ^(AB)by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in ^(AC)his divine forbearance he had passed over ^(AD)former sins. ²⁶It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

²⁷^(AE)Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸For we hold that one is justified by faith ^(AF)apart from works of the law. ²⁹Or ^(AG)is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, ³⁰since ^(AH)God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and ^(AI)the uncircumcised through faith. ³¹Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.