Eph 2 | NASB2020 | STEP | And you were dead in your offenses and sins ,

Ephesians 2

Made Alive in Christ

1 And ^{▼▼Lit being}you ^{▼▼I.e., Gentile believers}were ^cdead ^{▼▼Or by reason of}in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you ^epreviously walked according to the ^{▼▼Lit age}course of ^gthis world, according to ^hthe prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ⁱthe ^{▼▼I.e., people opposed to God}sons of disobedience. 3 Among them ^{▼▼I.e., Jewish believers}we too all ^lpreviously lived in ^mthe lusts of our flesh, ^{▼▼Lit doing}indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^{▼▼Lit thoughts}mind, and were ^pby nature ^qchildren of wrath, ^rjust as the rest. 4 But God, being ^srich in mercy, because of ^tHis great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were ^udead ^{▼▼Or by reason of}in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^{▼▼Two early mss in Christ}with Christ ( ^xby grace you have been saved), 6 and ^yraised us up with Him, and ^zseated us with Him in ^aathe heavenly places in ^abChrist Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the ^{▼▼Lit surpassing}boundless ^adriches of His grace in ^aekindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ^afby grace you have been saved ^agthrough faith; and ^{▼▼I.e., this salvation}this is not of yourselves, it is ^aithe gift of God; 9 ^ajnot a result of works, so that ^akno one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, ^alcreated in ^amChrist Jesus for ^angood works, which God ^aoprepared beforehand so that we would ^apwalk in them.

11 Therefore remember that ^aqpreviously ^aryou, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “ ^asUncircumcision” by the so-called “ ^atCircumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^{▼▼Or alienated
,} ^avexcluded from ^{▼▼Or citizenship in Israel}the people of Israel, and strangers to ^axthe covenants of the promise, having ^ayno hope and ^azwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^baChrist Jesus you who ^bbpreviously were ^bcfar away ^{▼▼Lit became; or were made}have ^bebeen brought near ^{▼▼Or in
,} ^bgby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ^bhour peace, ^biwho made both groups into one and broke down the ^{▼▼Lit the dividing wall of the barrier}barrier of the dividing wall, 15 ^{▼▼Or the hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the Law}by ^blabolishing ^{▼▼I.e., by His death}in His flesh the hostility, which is ^bnthe Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^{▼▼Lit create
,} ^bpmake the two ^bqone new person, in this way establishing ^brpeace; 16 and that He might ^bsreconcile them both in ^btone body to God through the cross, ^{▼▼Or in Himself}by it having ^bvput to death the hostility. 17 And ^bwHe came and preached ^bxpeace to you who were ^byfar away, and peace to those who were ^bznear; 18 for through Him we both have ^caour access in ^cbone Spirit to ^ccthe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^cdstrangers and foreigners, but you are ^cefellow citizens with the ^{▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people}saints, and are of ^cgGod’s household, 20 having been ^chbuilt on ^cithe foundation of ^cjthe apostles and prophets, ^ckChrist Jesus Himself being the ^clcornerstone, 21 ^cmin whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^cna holy ^{▼▼Or sanctuary}temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being ^cpbuilt together into a ^cqdwelling of God in the Spirit.