Ephesians 2 (New King James Version)
Ephesians 2
By Grace Through Faith
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in
which you once walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now
works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once
conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children
of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with
which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and
raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show
the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in
Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest
anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that
we should walk in them.
Brought Near by His Blood
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the fleshwho are
called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in
the flesh by hands 12 that at that time you were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been
brought near by the blood of Christ.
Christ Our Peace
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in
His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in
ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two,
thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God
in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to
those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one
Spirit to the Father.
Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in
whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy
temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together
for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
