New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 2:1-13

1And you 1were 2dead 3in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you 4formerly walked according to the 5course of 6this world, according to 7the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in 8the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all 9formerly lived in 10the lusts of our flesh, 11indulging the desires of the flesh and of the 12mind, and were 13by nature 14children of wrath, 15even as the rest. 4But God, being 16rich in mercy, because of 17His great love with which He loved us, 5even when we were 18dead 19in our transgressions, made us alive together 20with Christ (21by grace you have been saved), 6and 22raised us up with Him, and 23seated us with Him in 24the heavenly places in 25Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing 26riches of His grace in 27kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For 28by grace you have been saved 29through faith; and 30that not of yourselves, it is 31the gift of God; 9 32not as a result of works, so that 33no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, 34created in 35Christ Jesus for 36good works, which God 37prepared beforehand so that we would 38walk in them.

11Therefore remember that 39formerly 40you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “41Uncircumcision” by the so-called “42Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- 12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, 43 44excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to 45the covenants of promise, having 46no hope and 47without God in the world. 13But now in 48Christ Jesus you who 49formerly were 50far off 51have 52been brought near 53 54by the blood of Christ.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 2:1 Lit being ↩
2. Ephesians 2:1 Eph 2:5; Col 2:13 ↩
3. Ephesians 2:1 Or by reason of ↩
4. Ephesians 2:2 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 2:3 ↩
5. Ephesians 2:2 Lit age ↩
6. Ephesians 2:2 Eph 1:21 ↩
7. Ephesians 2:2 John 12:31; Eph 6:12 ↩
8. Ephesians 2:2 Eph 5:6 ↩
9. Ephesians 2:3 Eph 2:2 ↩
10. Ephesians 2:3 Gal 5:16f ↩
11. Ephesians 2:3 Lit doing ↩
12. Ephesians 2:3 Lit thoughts ↩
13. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 2:14; Gal 2:15 ↩
14. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 5:9; Col 1:21; 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
15. Ephesians 2:3 Rom 5:12 ↩
16. Ephesians 2:4 Eph 1:7 ↩
17. Ephesians 2:4 John 3:16 ↩
18. Ephesians 2:5 Eph 2:1 ↩
19. Ephesians 2:5 Or by reason of ↩
20. Ephesians 2:5 Two early mss read in Christ ↩
21. Ephesians 2:5 Acts 15:11 ↩
22. Ephesians 2:6 Col 2:12 ↩
23. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:20 ↩
24. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:3 ↩
25. Ephesians 2:6 Eph 1:1; 2:10, 13 ↩
26. Ephesians 2:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:7 ↩
27. Ephesians 2:7 Titus 3:4 ↩
28. Ephesians 2:8 Acts 15:11; Eph 2:5 ↩
29. Ephesians 2:8 1 Pet 1:5 ↩
30. Ephesians 2:8 I.e. that salvation ↩
31. Ephesians 2:8 John 4:10 ↩
32. Ephesians 2:9 Rom 3:28; 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
33. Ephesians 2:9 1 Cor 1:29 ↩
34. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 2:15; 4:24; Col 3:10 ↩
35. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:1; 2:6, 13 ↩
36. Ephesians 2:10 Titus 2:14 ↩
37. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 1:4 ↩
38. Ephesians 2:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
39. Ephesians 2:11 Eph 2:2 ↩
40. Ephesians 2:11 1 Cor 12:2; Eph 5:8 ↩
41. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
42. Ephesians 2:11 Rom 2:28f; Col 2:11 ↩
43. Ephesians 2:12 Or alienated ↩
44. Ephesians 2:12 Rom 9:4; Col 1:21 ↩
45. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 3:17; Heb 8:6 ↩
46. Ephesians 2:12 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
47. Ephesians 2:12 Gal 4:8; 1 Thess 4:5 ↩
48. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 1:1; 2:6 ↩
49. Ephesians 2:13 Eph 2:2 ↩
50. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
51. Ephesians 2:13 Lit became; or were made ↩
52. Ephesians 2:13 Is 57:19; Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩
53. Ephesians 2:13 Or in ↩
54. Ephesians 2:13 Rom 3:25; Col 1:20 ↩

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