Ephesians 2:1-8

1And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

2in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…

4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

5even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –

6and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;