1And you hath
he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and
sins;
2Wherein in time past ye walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of
the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience:
3Among whom also we all had our conversation
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were
by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;)
6And hath raised us up
together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them.
11Wherefore remember, that ye being in
time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision by that which is called the
Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12That at that time ye were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no
hope, and without God in the world:
13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14For he is our peace, who hath made both
one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between
us;
15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new
man, so making
peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God
in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity
thereby:
17And came and preached peace to you which
were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18For through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and
of the household of God;
20And are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the chief corner stone;
21In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22In whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.