3 among whom we all once lived in *the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and *were by nature *children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.*4 But* God, being *rich in mercy, *because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even *when we were dead in our trespasses, *made us alive together with Christ—*by grace you have been saved—