Ephesians 2:4-22

New American Standard Bible

⁴ But God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, because of ^(B)His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were ^(C)dead ^[a]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[b]with Christ (^(D)by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and ^(E)raised us up with Him, and ^(F)seated us with Him in ^(G)the heavenly places in ^(H)Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[c]boundless ^(I)riches of His grace in ^(J)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ^(K)by grace you have been saved ^(L)through faith; and ^[d]this is not of yourselves, it is ^(M)the gift of God; ^9 (N)not a result of works, so that ^(O)no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, ^(P)created in ^(Q)Christ Jesus for ^(R)good works, which God ^(S)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(T)walk in them.

¹¹ Therefore remember that ^(U)previously ^(V)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^(W)Uncircumcision” by the so-called “^(X)Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^[e](Y)excluded from ^[f]the people of Israel, and strangers to ^(Z)the covenants of the promise, having ^(AA)no hope and ^(AB)without God in the world. ¹³ But now in ^(AC)Christ Jesus you who ^(AD)previously were ^(AE)far away ^[g]have ^(AF)been brought near ^[h](AG)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For He Himself is ^(AH)our peace, ^(AI)who made both groups into one and broke down the ^[i]barrier of the dividing wall, ^15 [j]by ^(AJ)abolishing ^[k]in His flesh the hostility, which is ^(AK)the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^[l](AL)make the two ^(AM)one new person, in this way establishing ^(AN)peace; ¹⁶ and that He might ^(AO)reconcile them both in ^(AP)one body to God through the cross, ^[m]by it having ^(AQ)put to death the hostility. ¹⁷ And ^(AR)He came and preached ^(AS)peace to you who were ^(AT)far away, and peace to those who were ^(AU)near; ¹⁸ for through Him we both have ^(AV)our access in ^(AW)one Spirit to ^(AX)the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(AY)strangers and foreigners, but you are ^(AZ)fellow citizens with the ^[n]saints, and are of ^(BA)God’s household, ²⁰ having been ^(BB)built on ^(BC)the foundation of ^(BD)the apostles and prophets, ^(BE)Christ Jesus Himself being the ^(BF)cornerstone, ^21 (BG)in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^(BH)a holy ^[o]temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are being ^(BI)built together into a ^(BJ)dwelling of God in the Spirit.