以弗所书 2

出死入生

1 你们因着自己的过犯和罪恶，原是死的。2 那时你们在过犯和罪恶中行事为人，随着时代的潮流，也服从空中掌权的首领，就是现今在悖逆的人身上运行的灵。3 我们从前也都和他们在一起，放纵肉体的私慾，随着肉体和心意所喜好的去行；我们与别人一样，生来都是可怒的儿女。4 然而 神满有怜悯，因着他爱我们的大爱，5 就在我们因过犯死了的时候，使我们与基督一同活过来，6 又使我们在基督耶稣里，与他一同复活，一同坐在天上，7 为的是要在将来的世代中，显明他在基督耶稣里赐给我们的恩典，是多么的丰盛。8 你们得救是靠着恩典，藉着信心。这不是出于自己，而是 神所赐的；9 这也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。10 我们原是 神所作成的，是在基督耶稣里创造的，为的是要我们行各样的善事，就是 神预先所安排的。
在基督里合而为一11 你们应当记得，你们从前按肉体来说是外族人；那些所谓在肉体上受过人手所行的割礼的人，称你们为未受割礼的。12 那时，你们是在基督以外，与以色列国无分，在带有应许的约上是外人，在世上没有盼望，没有 神。13 你们从前远离的人，现今在基督耶稣里，靠着他的血已经可以亲近了。14 基督就是我们的和平：他使双方合而为一，拆毁了隔在中间的墙，就是以自己的身体除掉双方的仇恨，15 并且废掉了律法的规条，使两者在他里面成为一个新人，这样就缔造了和平。16 基督既然藉着十字架消灭了仇恨，就藉着十字架使双方与 神和好，成为一体，17 并且他来把和平的福音传给你们在远处的人，也给在近处的人。18 我们双方都藉着他，在同一位圣灵里，可以进到父面前。19 这样看来，你们不再是外人和客旅，而是与圣徒一同作国民，是 神家里的人了，20 并且建造在使徒和先知的根基上，基督耶稣自己就是奠基石，21 整座建筑都靠着他连接配合，渐渐增长成为在主里面的圣所。22 你们在他里面也一同被建造，成为 神藉着圣灵居住的所在。

Ephesians 2

New Life Individually

1 And although you weret deads in your transgressions and sins,2 in whichs you formerly livedts according to this world’s present path,ts according to the ruler of the kingdomt of the air, the ruler oft the spirits that is now energizingt the sons of disobedience,s

3 among whoms all of ust alsot 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 wraths even as the rest…s
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved!t –6 and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,7 to demonstrate in the coming agest the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness towardt us in Christ Jesus.8 For by grace you are savedt through faith,s and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;9 it is not fromt works, so that no one can boast.t

10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.ts

New Life Corporately

11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the bodyt by human hands –12 that you were at that time without the Messiah,t alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise,t having no hope and without God in the world.13 But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.ts14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into onet and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,15 when he nullifiedt in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new mant out of two,t thus making peace,16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.t17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,18 so thatt through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,20 because you have been builtt on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,s with Christ Jesus himself ast the cornerstone.t21 In himt the whole building,st being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

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