Ephesians 2:8-13

8God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.

9It’s not the result of anything you’ve done, so no one can brag about it.

10God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

11Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves “the circumcised” because of what they had done to their bodies called you “the uncircumcised.”

12Also, at that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from citizenship in Israel, and the pledges  ⌞God made in his⌟ promise were foreign to you. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

13But now through Christ Jesus you, who were once far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.