Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

This Power Made Us Alive From The Dead And Seated Us With Christ As Recipients of Grace

2 Indeed, you were dead in your trespasses and sins ² in which you formerly walked in accordance with the [present] age^[a] of this world, in accordance with the ruler of the authority^[b] of the air, of ^[c] the spirit^[d] now being at-work in the sons of ^[e] disobedience, ³ among whom even we all formerly conducted-ourselves^[f] in the desires of our flesh, doing the wants^[g] of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of ^[h] wrath, as also the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even we being dead in trespasses, made-us-alive-with Christ— by grace you are saved— ⁶ and raised-us-with Him and seated-us-with Him in the heavenly-places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that He might demonstrate^[i] in the coming ages^[j] the surpassing riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For We Are Saved By Grace For The Good Works Which God Prepared For Us

⁸ For by grace you are saved through faith. And this^[k] is not from you. It is the gift of God— ⁹ not of works, in order that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared-beforehand in order that we might walk in them.