Ephesians 2:1–10

From Death to Life

²You were dead through the trespasses and sins ²in which you once walked, following the course of this world,^k following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.^{l* 3}All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,^{* 4}but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us^{* 5}even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ^m—by grace you have been saved—⁶and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly placesⁿ in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—⁹not the result of works, so that no one may boast. ¹⁰For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.^*