1 A nd you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

And you did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

2 i n 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,

wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

3 a mong 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.

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, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 e ven when we were dead in trespasses, 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 have ye been saved),

6 a nd raised us up together, and made us sit together 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 t hat in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His 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 have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

9 n ot of works, lest anyone should boast.

not of works, that no man should glory.

10 F or we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Brought Near by His Blood

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

11 T herefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—

Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

12 t hat 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.

that ye 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 once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Christ Our Peace

But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.

14 F or He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

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

15 h aving 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,

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

16 a nd that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

17 A nd He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were nigh:

18 F or through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Christ Our Cornerstone

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

19 N ow, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye 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, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone,

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

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

in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.