Ephesians 2 — Legacy Standard Bible

By Grace Through Faith

2And you ¹were ^adead ²in your transgressions and sins, ²in which you ^aformerly walked according to the ¹course of ^bthis world, according to ^cthe ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in ^dthe sons of disobedience, ³among whom we all also ^aformerly conducted ourselves in ^bthe lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the ¹mind, and were ^cby nature ^dchildren of wrath, ^eeven as the rest. ⁴But God, being ^arich in mercy because of ^bHis great love with which He loved us, ⁵even when we were ^adead ¹in our transgressions, made us alive together ²with Christ—^bby grace you have been saved— ⁶and ^araised us up with Him, and ^bseated us with Him in ^cthe heavenly places in ^dChrist Jesus, ⁷so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^ariches of His grace in ^bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith, and ¹this not of yourselves, it is ^cthe gift of God; ⁹^anot of works, so that ^bno one may boast. ¹⁰For we are His workmanship, ^acreated in ^bChrist Jesus for ^cgood works, which God ^dprepared beforehand so that we would ^ewalk in them.

¹¹Therefore, remember that ^aformerly ^byou—the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “^dCircumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹²remember that you were at that time without Christ, ^aalienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world. ¹³But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bformerly were ^cfar off ¹have ^dbeen brought near ^eby the blood of Christ. ¹⁴For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition ¹⁵¹by ^aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, ^bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^ccreate the two into ^done new man, making ^epeace, ¹⁶and might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, having in Himself ^cput to death the enmity. ¹⁷And ^aHe came and preached ^bthe good news of peace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were ^dnear; ¹⁸for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father. ¹⁹So then you are no longer ^astrangers and sojourners, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household, ²⁰having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecorner stone, ²¹^ain whom the whole building, being joined together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹sanctuary in the Lord, ²²in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.