| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, | 1And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins, |
| 2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, | 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, |
| 3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. | 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 |
| 4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, | 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, |
| 5even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), | 5even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you are saved!-- |
| 6and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, | 6and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, |
| 7that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. | 7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. |
| 8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, | 8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; |
| 9not of works, lest anyone should boast. | 9it is not from works, so that no one can boast. |
| 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. | 10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. |
| 11Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— | 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-- |
| 12that at that time you 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. | 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. |
| 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | 13But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
| 14For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, | 14For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility, |
| 15having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, | 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, |
| 16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. | 16and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. |
| 17And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. | 17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, |
| 18For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. | 18so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. |
| 19Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, | 19So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household, |
| 20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, | 20because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. |
| 21in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, | 21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, |
| 22in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. | 22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. |
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