Ephesians 2

1 And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,2 in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.3 And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.4 Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,5 even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.6 And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,7 so that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.8 For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.9 And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.10 For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.11 Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,12 and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.13 But now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were in times past far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.14 For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,15 emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace16 and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.17 And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.18 For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.19 Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.21 In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.22 In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.

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.