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| Ephesians 2:1 | and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins | And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins, | You were made alive when you were dead through your trespasses and sins, |
| Ephesians 2:2 | in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: | In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; | in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience; |
| Ephesians 2:3 | among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest: | Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest. | among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. |
| Ephesians 2:4 | but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, | But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, | But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, |
| Ephesians 2:5 | (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) | Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation), | even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved), |
| Ephesians 2:6 | and has raised [us] up together, and has made [us] sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, | So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; | and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, |
| Ephesians 2:7 | that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. | That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: | that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; |
| Ephesians 2:8 | For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift: | Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: | for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, |
| Ephesians 2:9 | not on the principle of works, that no one might boast. | Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. | not of works, that no one would boast. |
| Ephesians 2:10 | For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them. | For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them. | For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. |
| Ephesians 2:11 | Wherefore remember that *ye*, once nations in [the] flesh, who [are] called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh done with the hand; | For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; | Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands); |
| Ephesians 2:12 | that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: | That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. | that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. |
| Ephesians 2:13 | but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. |
| Ephesians 2:14 | For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure, | For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down, | For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, |
| Ephesians 2:15 | having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace; | Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace; | having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; |
| Ephesians 2:16 | and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; | And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division. | and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. |
| Ephesians 2:17 | and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who [were] afar off, and [the glad tidings of] peace to those [who were] nigh. | And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; | He came and preached peace to you who were far off, and peace to those who were near. |
| Ephesians 2:18 | For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. | Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father. | For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. |
| Ephesians 2:19 | So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, | So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, | So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, |
| Ephesians 2:20 | being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone, | Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, | being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; |
| Ephesians 2:21 | in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord; | In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; | in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; |
| Ephesians 2:22 | in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in [the] Spirit. | In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit. | in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. |
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