1 And you being dead in trespasses and sins,

2 in which you formerly walked according to the course 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 also we all formerly conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others;

4 but God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might display the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

9 not of works, that no one should boast.