Ephesians:2

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* And [he has made ] you [alive ], who were dead in trespasses and sins , * in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world , according to the [will of the ] prince of the power of this air , the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience , * among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh , fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath , even as [all ] the others . * But God , who is rich in mercy , for his great charity with which he loved us , * even as we were dead in sins , he has made us alive together with the Christ (by [whose ] grace ye are saved ) * and has raised [us ] up together and made [us ] sit together in heavenly [places ] in Christ Jesus , * That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in [his ] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus . * For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves : [it is ] the gift of God , * Not of works , lest any man should boast . * For we are his workmanship , created in Christ Jesus for good works , which God has prepared that we should walk in them . * Therefore remember that ye [being ] in time past Gentiles in [the ] flesh , who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in [the ] flesh , which is made by hands , * that at that time ye were without Christ , being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise , having no hope , and without God in the world , * but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ . * For he is our peace , who of both has made one , breaking down the middle wall of separation , * abolishing in his flesh the enmity , [which was ] the law of commandments in the order of rites , to edify in himself the two in one new man , making peace , * and to reconcile both with God by the stake in one body , having slain the enmity thereby ; * and he came and preached peace unto you who [were ] afar off and to those that [were ] near . * For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father . * Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners , but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God , * and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets , Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone , * in whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord , * in whom ye also are being built together for [the ] habitation of God in the Spirit .:

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