1 And you,
2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,
3 among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love
5 and we being dead in trespasses, he made
6 and raised
7 in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this
10 For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.
11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in
12 that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,
15 invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances, in order that he might create the two in himself into one new man,
16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in himself.
17 And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,
18 because through him
19 Consequently, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God,
20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
21 in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are built up together into a dwelling place of God in