Ephesians 22EphesiansEvery blessing in ChristUnlocked English Bible

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1. Alive with Christ

   (Colossians 2:6–23)

2. 1UEBAnd as for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins.BSBBSB: And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
3. 2UEBIt was in these trespasses and sins that you once lived according to the ways of this world. You were living according to the ruler of the authorities of the air, the spirit that is working in the sons of disobedience.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. 3UEBOnce we all lived among these people, fulfilling the evil desires of our sinful nature, and carrying out the desires of the body and of the mind. We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of humanity.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. 4UEBBut God is rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us.BSBBSB: But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
6. 5UEBWhile we were dead in trespasses, he made us alive together in Christ—by 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. 6UEBGod raised us up together with Christ, and God made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,BSBBSB: And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
8. 7UEBso that in the ages to come he might show to us the immeasurably great riches of his grace expressed in his kindness 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. 8UEBFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and this did not come from you, it is the 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. 9UEBnot from works and so no one may boast.BSBBSB: not by works, so that no one can boast.
11. 10UEBFor we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good deeds that God planned long ago for us, so that we would walk in them.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. 11UEBTherefore remember that once you were Gentiles in the flesh. You are called "uncircumcision" by what is called the "circumcision" in the flesh made by human hands.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. 12UEBFor at that time you were separated from Christ, foreigners to the people of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the 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. 13UEBBut now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away from God 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. 14UEBFor he is our peace. He made the two one. By his flesh he destroyed the wall of hostility that divided us.BSBBSB: For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
17. 15UEBThat is, he abolished the law of commandments and regulations so that he might create one new man in himself, and so making peace.BSBBSB: 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. 16UEBChrist reconciles both peoples into one body to God through the cross, putting to death the hostility.BSBBSB: and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
19. 17UEBJesus came and proclaimed 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. 18UEBFor through Jesus we both have access in 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. 19UEBSo then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.BSBBSB: Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
23. 20UEBYou have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.BSBBSB: built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
24. 21UEBIn him the whole building fits together and grows as a temple in the Lord.BSBBSB: In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
25. 22UEBIt is in him that you also are being built together as a dwelling place for 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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