2And you, although you were dead^a^* in your trespasses and sins, ²in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience, ³among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will^b of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath^c by nature, as also the rest of them were.

⁴But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved), ⁶and raised us together and seated us together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷in order that he might show in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹it is not from works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.

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Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Footnotes

aLiterally “and you being dead”
*Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
bOr “desires”
cThis phrase is a Semitic idiom which can mean either (1) “children characterized by wrath” or (2) “children destined for wrath”