| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins | 1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins |
| 2in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. | 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— |
| 3We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. | 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. |
| 4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, | 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, |
| 5made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! | 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— |
| 6Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, | 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, |
| 7so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. | 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. |
| 8For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift-- | 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, |
| 9not from works, so that no one can boast. | 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. |
| 10For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. | 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
| 11So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh--called "the uncircumcised" by those called "the circumcised," which is done in the flesh by human hands. | 11Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— |
| 12At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. | 12remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. |
| 13But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. | 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
| 14For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh, | 14For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility |
| 15He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace. | 15by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, |
| 16He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it. | 16and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. |
| 17When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. | 17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. |
| 18For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. | 18For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. |
| 19So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household, | 19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, |
| 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. | 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, |
| 21The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord. | 21in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. |
| 22You also are being built together for God's dwelling in the Spirit. | 22In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. |
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