Ephesians 22EphesiansEvery blessing in ChristCatholic Public Domain Version

Catholic Public Domain VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Alive with Christ

   (Colossians 2:6–23)

2. 1CPDVAnd you were once dead in your sins and offenses,BSBBSB: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
3. 2CPDVin which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.BSBBSB: in 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.
4. 3CPDVAnd we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.BSBBSB: All 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.
5. 4CPDVYet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,BSBBSB: But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
6. 5CPDVeven when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.BSBBSB: made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
7. 6CPDVAnd he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,BSBBSB: And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
8. 7CPDVso that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.BSBBSB: in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
9. 8CPDVFor by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.BSBBSB: For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
10. 9CPDVAnd this is not of works, so that no one may glory.BSBBSB: not by works, so that no one can boast.
11. 10CPDVFor we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.BSBBSB: For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

12. One in Christ

    (Philippians 2:1–4)

13. 11CPDVBecause of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,BSBBSB: Therefore 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)—
14. 12CPDVand that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.BSBBSB: remember 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.
15. 13CPDVBut now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were in times past far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.BSBBSB: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
16. 14CPDVFor he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,BSBBSB: For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
17. 15CPDVemptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peaceBSBBSB: by 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 peace
18. 16CPDVand reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.BSBBSB: and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
19. 17CPDVAnd upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.BSBBSB: He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
20. 18CPDVFor by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.BSBBSB: For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

21. Christ Our Cornerstone

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

22. 19CPDVNow, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,BSBBSB: Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
23. 20CPDVhaving been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.BSBBSB: built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
24. 21CPDVIn him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.BSBBSB: In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
25. 22CPDVIn him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.BSBBSB: And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

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