New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 2:4-13

4But God, being 1rich in mercy, because of 2His great love with which He loved us, 5even when we were 3dead 4in our transgressions, made us alive together 5with Christ (6by grace you have been saved), 6and 7raised us up with Him, and 8seated us with Him in 9the heavenly places in 10Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing 11riches of His grace in 12kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For 13by grace you have been saved 14through faith; and 15that not of yourselves, it is 16the gift of God; 9 17not as a result of works, so that 18no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, 19created in 20Christ Jesus for 21good works, which God 22prepared beforehand so that we would 23walk in them.

11Therefore remember that 24formerly 25you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “26Uncircumcision” by the so-called “27Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- 12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, 28 29excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to 30the covenants of promise, having 31no hope and 32without God in the world. 13But now in 33Christ Jesus you who 34formerly were 35far off 36have 37been brought near 38 39by the blood of Christ.

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Notes

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

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