Eph 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | And you were dead in your trespasses and sins ,

Ephesians 2

Made Alive in Christ

1 And you ^{▼▼ Lit being}were ^bdead ^{▼▼ Or by reason of}in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you ^dformerly walked according to the ^{▼▼ Lit age}course of ^fthis world, according to ^gthe prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^hthe sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all ⁱformerly lived in ^jthe lusts of our flesh, ^{▼▼ Lit doing}indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^{▼▼ Lit thoughts}mind, and were ^mby nature ⁿchildren of wrath, ^oeven as the rest. 4 But God, being ^prich in mercy, because of ^qHis great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were ^rdead ^{▼▼ Or by reason of}in our transgressions, made us alive together ^{▼▼ Two early mss read in Christ}with Christ ( ^uby grace you have been saved), 6 and ^vraised us up with Him, and ^wseated us with Him in ^xthe heavenly places in ^yChrist Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^zriches of His grace in ^aakindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ^abby grace you have been saved ^acthrough faith; and ^{▼▼ I.e. that salvation}that not of yourselves, it is ^aethe gift of God; 9 ^afnot as a result of works, so that ^agno one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, ^ahcreated in ^aiChrist Jesus for ^ajgood works, which God ^akprepared beforehand so that we would ^alwalk in them.

11 Therefore remember that ^amformerly ^anyou, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called ^ao“Uncircumcision” by the so-called ^ap“Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^{▼▼ Or alienated
,} ^arexcluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to ^asthe covenants of promise, having ^atno hope and ^auwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^avChrist Jesus you who ^awformerly were ^axfar off ^{▼▼ Lit became; or were made}have ^azbeen brought near ^{▼▼ Or in
,} ^bbby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ^bcour peace, ^bdwho made both groups into one and broke down the ^{▼▼ Lit the dividing wall of the barrier}barrier of the dividing wall, 15 ^{▼▼ Or the enmity, by abolishing in His flesh the Law}by ^bgabolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is ^bhthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^{▼▼ Lit create
,} ^bjmake the two into ^bkone new man, thus establishing ^blpeace, 16 and might ^bmreconcile them both in ^bnone body to God through the cross, ^{▼▼ Or in Himself}by it having ^bpput to death the enmity. 17 And ^bq He came and preached ^br peace to you who were ^bs far away, and peace to those who were ^bt near; 18 for through Him we both have ^buour access in ^bvone Spirit to ^bwthe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^bxstrangers and aliens, but you are ^byfellow citizens with the ^{▼▼ Or holy ones}saints, and are of ^caGod’s household, 20 having been ^cbbuilt on ^ccthe foundation of ^cdthe apostles and prophets, ^ceChrist Jesus Himself being the ^cfcorner stone, 21 ^cgin whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^cha holy ^{▼▼ Or sanctuary}temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being ^cjbuilt together into a ^ckdwelling of God in the Spirit.