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Chapter 2 |
| 1 | And you hath
he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; |
| 2 | Wherein in
time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience: |
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3 | Among whom also we all had our conversation in times
past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. |
| 4 | But
God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, |
| 5 |
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;) |
| 6 | And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: |
| 7 | That in the
ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus. |
| 8 | For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: |
| 9 |
Not of works, lest any man should boast. |
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10 | For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them. |
| 11 | Wherefore remember, that ye
being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that
which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; |
| 12 | That
at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and
without God in the world: |
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13 | But now in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. |
| 14 | For
he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall
of partition between us; |
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15 | Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making peace; |
| 16 | And that he
might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity
thereby: |
| 17
| And came and preached peace to you which were afar off,
and to them that were nigh. |
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18 | For through him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father. |
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19 | Now therefore ye are no more strangers
and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of
God; |
| 20 |
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; |
| 21 | In
whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the
Lord: |
| 22 |
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God
through the Spirit. |
