And ¹you ²were ^adead ³in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you ^apreviously walked according to the ¹course of ^bthis world, according to ^cthe prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^dthe ²sons of disobedience. 3 Among them ¹we too all ^apreviously lived in ^bthe lusts of our flesh, ²indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ³mind, and were ^cby nature ^dchildren of wrath, ^ejust as the rest. 4 But God, being ^arich in mercy, because of ^bHis great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were ^adead ¹in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ²with Christ ^b(by grace you have been saved), 6 and ^araised us up with Him, and ^bseated us with Him in ^cthe heavenly places in ^dChrist Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the ¹boundless ^ariches of His grace in ^bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith; and ¹this is not of yourselves, it is ^cthe gift of God; 9 ^anot a result of works, so that ^bno one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, ^acreated in ^bChrist Jesus for ^cgood works, which God ^dprepared beforehand so that we would ^ewalk in them.

11 Therefore remember that ^apreviously ^byou, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^cUncircumcision” by the so-called “^dCircumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^1aexcluded from ²the people of Israel, and strangers to ^bthe covenants of the promise, having ^cno hope and ^dwithout God in the world. 13 But now in ^aChrist Jesus you who ^bpreviously were ^cfar away ¹have ^dbeen brought near ^2eby the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is ^aour peace, ^bwho made both groups into one and broke down the ¹barrier of the dividing wall, 15 ¹by ^aabolishing ²in His flesh the hostility, which is ^bthe Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^3cmake the two ^done new person, in this way establishing ^epeace; 16 and that He might ^areconcile them both in ^bone body to God through the cross, ¹by it having ^cput to death the hostility. 17 And ^aHe came and preached ^bpeace to you who were ^cfar away, and peace to those who were ^dnear; 18 for through Him we both have ^aour access in ^bone Spirit to ^cthe Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^astrangers and foreigners, but you are ^bfellow citizens with the ¹saints, and are of ^cGod’s household, 20 having been ^abuilt on ^bthe foundation of ^cthe apostles and prophets, ^dChrist Jesus Himself being the ^ecornerstone, 21 ^ain whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^ba holy ¹temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being ^abuilt together into a ^bdwelling of God in the Spirit.