And hath raised us up [a]together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

That he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace through his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For by [b]grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:6 To wit, as he addeth afterward in Christ, for as yet this is not fulfilled in us, but only in our head, by whose spirit we have begun to die to sin, and live to God, until that work be fully brought to an end: but yet the hope is certain, for we are as sure of that we look for: as we are of that we have received already.
  2. Ephesians 2:8 So then, Grace, that is to say, the gift of God, and faith, do stand one with another, to which two these are contrary, To be saved by ourselves, or by our works. Therefore what mean they which would join together things of so contrary nature?

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