1 *Col. 2:13;[Col. 1:21] And you were *ver. 5;[ch. 4:18]; See Luke 15:24dead in the trespasses and sins 2 *ch. 4:17,22;5:8;Col. 3:7;See Rom. 11:30;1 Cor. 6:11in which you once walked, following the course*2:2 Or age of this world, following *[ch. 6:12;Rev. 9:11]; See John 12:31the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in *ch. 5:6;[1 Pet. 1:14]the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in *Gal. 5:16the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and *See Ps. 51:5;Rom. 5:12were by nature *[2 Pet. 2:14]children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.*2:3 Greek like the rest4 But*2:4 Or And God, being *ver. 7;Titus 3:5;See Rom. 2:4rich in mercy, *See John 3:16because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even *ver. 1;[Rom. 5:6,8,10] when we were dead in our trespasses, *Col. 2:12,13;[John 14:19;Rev. 20:4] made us alive together with Christ—*ver. 8;See Acts 15:11by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and *See ch. 1:20seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable *ver. 4riches of his grace in *Titus 3:4kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For *ver. 5by grace you have been saved *1 Pet. 1:5;[Rom. 4:16] through faith. And this is *[2 Cor. 3:5] not your own doing; *[John 4:10;Heb. 6:4]it is the gift of God, 9 *2 Tim. 1:9;Titus 3:5;See Rom. 3:20,28not a result of works, *1 Cor. 1:29;[Judg. 7:2]so that no one may boast. 10 For *Deut. 32:6,15;Ps. 100:3we are his workmanship, *[ch. 3:9;4:24;Col. 3:10] created in Christ Jesus *ch. 4:24for good works, *[ch. 1:4] which God prepared beforehand, *Col. 1:10that we should walk in them.

11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called *Rom. 2:26,28;[Col. 2:11,13]the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember *1 Cor. 12:2;[ch. 5:8;Col. 3:7] that you were at that time separated from Christ, *ch. 4:18;Col. 1:21;[Ezek. 14:5;Gal. 2:15;4:8] alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to *See Rom. 9:4the covenants of promise, *1 Thess. 4:13;See ch. 1:18having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were *ver. 17;Acts 2:39far off have been brought near *[Col. 1:20]; See Rom. 3:25by the blood of Christ. 14 For *Ps. 72:7;Mic. 5:5;Zech. 9:10;[Col. 3:15]; See Luke 2:14he himself is our peace, *See Gal. 3:28who has made us both one and has broken down *Col. 1:21,22;[Rom. 7:4]in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in *Col. 2:14,20ordinances, that he might create in himself one *See Rom. 6:4new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might *Col. 1:20-22;[1 Cor. 12:13]reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and *Isa. 57:19preached peace to you who were *ver. 13far off and peace to those who were *Deut. 4:7;Ps. 148:14near. 18 For *[John 14:6] through him we both have *ch. 3:12;[John 10:7,9]; See Rom. 5:2access in *ch. 4:4;1 Cor. 12:13;[John 4:23]one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer *ver. 12;[Heb. 11:13;13:14] strangers and aliens,*2:19 Or sojourners but you are *Phil. 3:20;[Heb. 12:22,23] fellow citizens with the saints and *See Gal. 6:10members of the household of God, 20 *[Jer. 12:16]; See 1 Cor. 3:9built on the foundation of the *Matt. 16:18;Rev. 21:14apostles and prophets, *[1 Cor. 3:11] Christ Jesus himself being *Ps. 118:22;Isa. 28:16the cornerstone, 21 *ch. 4:15,16in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into *See 1 Cor. 3:16,17a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him *1 Pet. 2:5you also are being built together *[ch. 3:17;2 Cor. 6:16;1 Tim. 3:15]into a dwelling place for God by*2:22 Or in the Spirit.