1 jCol. 2:13; [Col. 1:21] And you werekver. 5; [ch. 4:18]; See Luke 15:24 dead in the trespasses and sins 2 lch. 4:17, 22; 5:8; Col. 3:7; See Rom. 11:30; 1 Cor. 6:11 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, followingm[ch. 6:12; Rev. 9:11]; See John 12:31 the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work innch. 5:6; [1 Pet. 1:14] the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived inoGal. 5:16 the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, andpSee Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12 were by natureq[2 Pet. 2:14] children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But1Or And God, beingrver. 7; Titus 3:5; See Rom. 2:4 rich in mercy,sSee John 3:16 because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 eventver. 1; [Rom. 5:6, 8, 10] when we were dead in our trespasses,uCol. 2:12, 13; [John 14:19; Rev. 20:4] made us alive together with Christ—vver. 8; See Acts 15:11 by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him andwSee ch. 1:20 seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurablexver. 4 riches of his grace inyTitus 3:4 kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 Forzver. 5 by grace you have been saveda1 Pet. 1:5; [Rom. 4:16] through faith. And this isb[2 Cor. 3:5] not your own doing;c[John 4:10; Heb. 6:4] it is the gift of God, 9 d2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5; See Rom. 3:20, 28 not a result of works,e1 Cor. 1:29; [Judg. 7:2] so that no one may boast. 10 ForfDeut. 32:6, 15; Ps. 100:3 we are his workmanship,g[ch. 3:9; 4:24; Col. 3:10] created in Christ Jesushch. 4:24 for good works,i[ch. 1:4] which God prepared beforehand,jCol. 1:10 that we should walk in them.
11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision ” by what is calledkRom. 2:26, 28; [Col. 2:11, 13] the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 rememberl1 Cor. 12:2; [ch. 5:8; Col. 3:7] that you were at that time separated from Christ,mch. 4:18; Col. 1:21; [Ezek. 14:5; Gal. 2:15; 4:8] alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers tonSee Rom. 9:4 the covenants of promise,o1 Thess. 4:13; See ch. 1:18 having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once werepver. 17; Acts 2:39 far off have been brought nearq[Col. 1:20]; See Rom. 3:25 by the blood of Christ. 14 ForrPs. 72:7; Mic. 5:5; Zech. 9:10; [Col. 3:15]; See Luke 2:14 he himself is our peace,sSee Gal. 3:28 who has made us both one and has broken downtCol. 1:21, 22; [Rom. 7:4] in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments anduCol. 2:14, 20 ordinances, that he might create in himself onevSee Rom. 6:4 new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and mightwCol. 1:20-22; [1 Cor. 12:13] reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came andxIsa. 57:19 preached peace to you who wereyver. 13 far off and peace to those who werezDeut. 4:7; Ps. 148:14 near. 18 Fora[John 14:6] through him we both havebch. 3:12; [John 10:7, 9]; See Rom. 5:2 access incch. 4:4; 1 Cor. 12:13; [John 4:23] one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longerdver. 12; [Heb. 11:13; 13:14] strangers and aliens,1Or sojourners but you areePhil. 3:20; [Heb. 12:22, 23] fellow citizens with the saints andfSee Gal. 6:10 members of the household of God, 20 g[Jer. 12:16]; See 1 Cor. 3:9 built on the foundation of thehMatt. 16:18; Rev. 21:14 apostles and prophets,i[1 Cor. 3:11] Christ Jesus himself beingjPs. 118:22; Isa. 28:16 the cornerstone, 21 kch. 4:15, 16 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows intolSee 1 Cor. 3:16, 17 a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In himm1 Pet. 2:5 you also are being built togethern[ch. 3:17; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Tim. 3:15] into a dwelling place for God by1Or in the Spirit.