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.

1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 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 others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 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: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.