| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins, | 1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins |
| 2in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, | 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— |
| 3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest | 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. |
| 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, | 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, |
| 5even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you are saved!-- | 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— |
| 6and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, | 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, |
| 7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. | 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. |
| 8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; | 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, |
| 9it is not from works, so that no one can boast. | 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. |
| 10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. | 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
| 11Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh--who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands-- | 11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— |
| 12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. | 12remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. |
| 13But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
| 14For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility, | 14For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility |
| 15when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace, | 15by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, |
| 16and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. | 16and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. |
| 17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, | 17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. |
| 18so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. | 18For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. |
| 19So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household, | 19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, |
| 20because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. | 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, |
| 21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, | 21in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. |
| 22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. | 22In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. |
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