Ephesians 2Ephesians2

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Alive with Christ

   (Colossians 2:6–23)

2. 1BSBAnd you were dead in your trespasses and sins,KJVKJV: And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
3. 2BSBin which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.KJVKJV: 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:
4. 3BSBAll of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.KJVKJV: 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.
5. 4BSBBut because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,KJVKJV: But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
6. 5BSBmade us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!KJVKJV: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
7. 6BSBAnd God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,KJVKJV: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
8. 7BSBin order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.KJVKJV: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
9. 8BSBFor it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,KJVKJV: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
10. 9BSBnot by works, so that no one can boast.KJVKJV: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
11. 10BSBFor we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.KJVKJV: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

12. One in Christ

    (Philippians 2:1–4)

13. 11BSBTherefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—KJVKJV: 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;
14. 12BSBremember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.KJVKJV: 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:
15. 13BSBBut now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.KJVKJV: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
16. 14BSBFor He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostilityKJVKJV: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
17. 15BSBby abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peaceKJVKJV: 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;
18. 16BSBand reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.KJVKJV: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
19. 17BSBHe came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.KJVKJV: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
20. 18BSBFor through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.KJVKJV: For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

21. Christ Our Cornerstone

    (Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 1 Peter 2:1–8)

22. 19BSBTherefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,KJVKJV: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
23. 20BSBbuilt on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.KJVKJV: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
24. 21BSBIn Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.KJVKJV: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
25. 22BSBAnd in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.KJVKJV: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.