Ephesians 2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Made Alive in Christ

2 And ^[a]you ^[b]were dead ^[c]in your offenses and sins, ² in which you previously walked according to the ^[d]course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the ^[e]sons of disobedience. ³ Among them ^[f]we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, ^[g]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^[h]mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead ^[i]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[j]with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[k]boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith; and ^[l]this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹ not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

¹¹ Therefore remember that previously you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^[m]excluded from ^[n]the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away ^[o]have been brought near ^[p]by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the ^[q]barrier of the dividing wall, ^15 [r]by abolishing ^[s]in His flesh the hostility, which is the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^[t]make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; ¹⁶ and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, ^[u]by it having put to death the hostility. ¹⁷ And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; ¹⁸ for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the ^[v]saints, and are of God’s household, ²⁰ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy ^[w]temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.