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| Ephesians 2:1 | And you, when you were 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 | Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief: | 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 | In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children 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, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity 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 | Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,) | 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 hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through 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 shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty 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 by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God; | 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 of works, that no man may glory. | 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, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath 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 | For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands; | 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 you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and without God in this 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, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of 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 hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh: | 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 | Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees; that he might make 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 to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself. | 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 preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that 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 by him we have access both in 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 | Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics 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 | Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief 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, being framed together, groweth up into an 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 you also are built together into an 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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