New American Standard Bible 2020

Ephesians 2:1-13

1And 1you 2were 3dead 4in your offenses and sins, 2in which you 5previously walked according to the 6course of 7this world, according to 8the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in 9the 10sons of disobedience. 3Among them 11we too all 12previously lived in 13the lusts of our flesh, 14indulging the desires of the flesh and of the 15mind, and were 16by nature 17children of wrath, 18just as the rest. 4But God, being 19rich in mercy, because of 20His great love with which He loved us, 5even when we were 21dead 22in our wrongdoings, made us alive together 23with Christ (24by grace you have been saved), 6and 25raised us up with Him, and 26seated us with Him in 27the heavenly places in 28Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come He might show the 29boundless 30riches of His grace in 31kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For 32by grace you have been saved 33through faith; and 34this is not of yourselves, it is 35the gift of God; 9 36not a result of works, so that 37no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, 38created in 39Christ Jesus for 40good works, which God 41prepared beforehand so that we would 42walk in them.

11Therefore remember that 43previously 44you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “45Uncircumcision” by the so-called “46Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- 12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, 47 48excluded from 49the people of Israel, and strangers to 50the covenants of the promise, having 51no hope and 52without God in the world. 13But now in 53Christ Jesus you who 54previously were 55far away 56have 57been brought near 58 59by the blood of Christ.

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Notes

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

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