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Made Alive in Christ
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Made Alive with Christ
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much,
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands —
Oneness and Peace in Christ
Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR;
He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.
for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,
A Temple for the Lord
So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,
We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.