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Ephesians 2

Made Alive in Christ

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And you  1were  adead  2in your trespasses and sins,

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in which you  aformerly 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 sons of disobedience.

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Among them we too all  aformerly lived in  bthe lusts of our flesh,  1indulging the desires of the flesh and of the  2mind, and were  cby nature  dchildren of wrath,  eeven as the rest.

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But God, being  arich in mercy, because of  bHis great love with which He loved us,

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even when we were  adead  1in our transgressions, made us alive together  2with Christ ( bby grace you have been saved),

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and  araised us up with Him, and  bseated us with Him in  cthe heavenly places in  dChrist Jesus,

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so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing  ariches of His grace in  bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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For  aby grace you have been saved  bthrough faith; and  1that not of yourselves, it is  cthe gift of God;

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 anot as a result of works, so that  bno one may boast.

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For we are His workmanship,  acreated in  bChrist Jesus for  cgood works, which God  dprepared beforehand so that we would  ewalk in them.

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Therefore remember that  aformerly  byou, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called " cUncircumcision" by the so-called " cCircumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands--

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remember that you were at that time separate from Christ,  1 aexcluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to  bthe covenants of promise, having  cno hope and  dwithout God in the world.

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But now in  aChrist Jesus you who  bformerly were  cfar off  1have  cbeen brought near  2 dby the blood of Christ.

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For He Himself is  aour peace,  bwho made both groups into one and broke down the  1barrier of the dividing wall,

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 1by  aabolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is  bthe Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might  2 cmake the two into  done new man, thus establishing  epeace,

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and might  areconcile them both in  bone body to God through the cross,  1by it having  cput to death the enmity.

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AND  aHE CAME AND PREACHED  bPEACE TO YOU WHO WERE  cFAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE  cNEAR;

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for through Him we both have  aour access in  bone Spirit to  cthe Father.

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So then you are no longer  astrangers and aliens, but you are  bfellow citizens with the  1saints, and are of  cGod's household,

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having been  abuilt on  bthe foundation of  cthe apostles and prophets,  dChrist Jesus Himself being the  ecorner stone,

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 ain whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into  ba holy  1temple in the Lord,

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in whom you also are being  abuilt together into a  bdwelling of God in the Spirit.



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