2As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,^g ²in which you used to live^h when you followed the ways of this worldⁱ and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,^j the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.^k ³All of us also lived among them at one time,^l gratifying the cravings of our flesh^a^m and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. ⁴But because of his great love for us,ⁿ God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^o—it is by grace you have been saved.^p ⁶And God raised us up with Christ^q and seated us with him^r in the heavenly realms^s in Christ Jesus, ⁷in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,^t expressed in his kindness^u to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For it is by grace^v you have been saved,^w through faith^x—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—⁹not by works,^y so that no one can boast.^z ¹⁰For we are God’s handiwork,^a created^b in Christ Jesus to do good works,^c which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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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

aIn contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

Cross references

gver 5; Col 2:13
hver 3, 11–13; Ro 11:30; 1 Co 6:11; 5:8; Col 3:7; Tit 3:3; 1 Pe 4:3
i Ro 12:2
jSee Jn 12:31
k Eph 5:6
lSee ver 2
mSee Gal 5:24
nSee Jn 3:16
over 1; Ps 103:12
pver 8; Jn 5:24; See Ac 15:11
qSee Ro 6:5
r Eph 1:20
sSee Eph 1:3
tSee Ro 2:4
u Tit 3:4
vSee Ro 3:24
wver 5
xSee Ro 9:30
y Dt 9:5; Ro 4:2; 2 Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5
z 1 Co 1:29
a Isa 29:23; 43:7; 60:21
b Eph 4:24
cSee Tit 2:14