1 A nd you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

2 i n which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

in 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 children of disobedience;

3 A mong them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

4 B ut God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

5 e ven when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved),

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 a nd raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 s o that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

8 F or by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 n ot as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

not of works, that no one would boast.

10 F or we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

11 T herefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “ Uncircumcision” by the so-called “ Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands);

12 r emember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13 B ut now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

14 F or He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

15 b y abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

16 a nd might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

17 A nd He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

18 f or through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

19 S o then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

20 h aving been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

21 i n whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,

in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

22 i n whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.