1 and you, being dead in your offences and sins — 2 in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: 3 among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:

4 but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) 6 and has raised us up together, and has made us sit down together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus, 7 that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God’s gift: 9 not on the principle of works, that no one might boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

11 Wherefore remember that ye, once nations in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in the flesh done with the hand; 12 that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 but now in Christ Jesus ye who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure, 15 having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace; 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity; 17 and, coming, he has preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and the glad tidings of peace to those who were nigh. 18 For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone, 21 in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

1 Te olite ju varem surnud oma üleastumiste ja pattude tõttu, 2 milles te elasite käesoleva maailmaajastu kombel, kuuletudes õhuvalla valitsejale, vaimule, kes praegugi tegutseb neis, kes on sõnakuulmatud. 3 Meie kõik kuulusime nende hulka, keda juhtisid lihalikud himud, tehes oma loomuse ja soovide tahtmist. Me olime Jumala viha all, nii nagu teisedki. 4 Kuid Jumal, kes on rikas halastuselt, on meist oma suures armastuses nõnda hoolinud, 5 et kuigi me olime surnud üleastumistes, on ta meid koos Kristusega teinud elavaks. Armu läbi te olete päästetud! 6 Jumal on meid koos temaga üles äratanud ja asetanud taevatroonile Kristuses Jeesuses, 7 et näidata tulevastel aegadel meile osutatud helduse varal, kui võrratult rikkalik on tema arm Kristuses Jeesuses. 8 Sest teie olete armu läbi päästetud usu kaudu – see ei ole teist enestest, see on kingitus Jumalalt –, 9 mitte tegudest, et ükski ei saaks kiidelda. 10 Sest me oleme Jumala teos, Kristuses Jeesuses loodud tegema häid tegusid, mis Jumal on varem meie jaoks valmis seadnud.

11 Seetõttu pidage meeles, et te olete sünni poolest mittejuudid. Teid nimetavad ümberlõikamatuteks need, kes ennast kutsuvad ümberlõigatuks oma ihule inimkäega tehtud märgi tõttu. 12 Pidage meeles, et te olite enne ilma Kristuseta, väljaspool Iisraeli kodakondsust ja eemal Jumala tõotuselepinguist, ilma lootuseta ja ilma Jumalata siin maailmas. 13 Aga nüüd Kristuses Jeesuses olete teie, kes varem olite kaugel, saanud lähedale Kristuse vere läbi.

14 Sest tema on meie rahu, ta on ühendanud mõlemad pooled, hävitanud vaenu vaheseina, mis neid lahutas, oma ihu ohvriga. 15 Ta tühistas käskude ja määruste Seaduse ning tegi rahu, et luua need kaks eneses üheks uueks inimeseks. 16 Ta lepitas Jumalaga mõlemad ühesainsas ihus oma ristisurma kaudu, kaotades seeläbi vaenu, 17 ning tuli ja kuulutas rõõmusõnumit: rahu teile, kes te olite kaugel, ja rahu neile, kes olid lähedal. 18 Sest tema läbi on meil mõlemal samas Vaimus ligipääs Isa juurde.

19 Seega ei ole te enam võõramaalased ega külalised, vaid Jumala rahva kodakondsed, Jumala perekonnaliikmed, 20 rajatud apostlite ja prohvetite vundamendile, mille nurgakiviks on Kristus Jeesus. 21 Temas on kogu hoone kokku liidetud ja kerkib pühaks templiks Issandas. 22 Temas ehitatakse teidki üheskoos eluasemeks Jumala Vaimule.