1And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sins,
2Wherein, in times past ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the prince that ruleth in the air, even the spirit, that now worketh in the children of disobedience,
3Among whom we also had our conversation in time past in the lusts of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the mind, and were by nature the children of wrath, as well as others.
4But God which is rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead by sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saved,
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7That he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace through his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
9Not of works, lest any man should boast himself.
10For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ordained, that we should walk in them.
11Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, and called uncircumcision of them, which are called circumcision in the flesh, made with hands,
12That ye were, I say, at that time without Christ, and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the covenants of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in the world.
13But now in Christ Jesus, ye which once were far off, are made near by the blood of Christ.
14For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the stop of the partition wall,
15In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Law of commandments which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twain one new man in himself, so making peace,
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by his cross, and slay hatred thereby,
17And came, and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near.
18For through him we both have an entrance unto the Father by one Spirit.
19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners: but citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God.
20And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,
21In whom all the building coupled together, groweth unto an holy Temple in the Lord.
22In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.