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Made Alive in Christ

¹ And you ^(F1)were ^(C1)dead ^(F2)in your trespasses and sins,² in which you ^(C1)formerly walked according to the ^(F1)course of ^(C2)this world, according to ^(C3)the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^(C4)the sons of disobedience.³ Among them we too all ^(C1)formerly lived in ^(C2)the lusts of our flesh, ^(F1)indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^(F2)mind, and were ^(C3)by nature ^(C4)children of wrath, ^(C5)even as the rest.⁴ But God, being ^(C1)rich in mercy, because of ^(C2)His great love with which He loved us,⁵ even when we were ^(C1)dead ^(F1)in our transgressions, made us alive together ^(F2)with Christ (^(C2)by grace you have been saved),⁶ and ^(C1)raised us up with Him, and ^(C2)seated us with Him in ^(C3)the heavenly places in ^(C4)Christ Jesus,⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing ^(C1)riches of His grace in ^(C2)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.⁸ For ^(C1)by grace you have been saved ^(C2)through faith; and ^(F1)that not of yourselves, it is ^(C3)the gift of God;^9 (C1)not as a result of works, so that ^(C2)no one may boast.¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, ^(C1)created in ^(C2)Christ Jesus for ^(C3)good works, which God ^(C4)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(C5)walk in them.

¹¹ Therefore remember that ^(C1)formerly ^(C2)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "^(C3)Uncircumcision" by the so-called "^(C3)Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands--¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^(F1)(C1)excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to ^(C2)the covenants of promise, having ^(C3)no hope and ^(C4)without God in the world.¹³ But now in ^(C1)Christ Jesus you who ^(C2)formerly were ^(C3)far off ^(F1)have ^(C3)been brought near ^(F2)(C4)by the blood of Christ.¹⁴ For He Himself is ^(C1)our peace, ^(C2)who made both groups into one and broke down the ^(F1)barrier of the dividing wall,^15 (F1)by ^(C1)abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is ^(C2)the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^(F2)(C3)make the two into ^(C4)one new man, thus establishing ^(C5)peace,¹⁶ and might ^(C1)reconcile them both in ^(C2)one body to God through the cross, ^(F1)by it having ^(C3)put to death the enmity.¹⁷ AND ^(C1)HE CAME AND PREACHED ^(C2)PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE ^(C3)FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE ^(C3)NEAR;¹⁸ for through Him we both have ^(C1)our access in ^(C2)one Spirit to ^(C3)the Father.¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(C1)strangers and aliens, but you are ^(C2)fellow citizens with the ^(F1)saints, and are of ^(C3)God's household,²⁰ having been ^(C1)built on ^(C2)the foundation of ^(C3)the apostles and prophets, ^(C4)Christ Jesus Himself being the ^(C5)corner stone,^21 (C1)in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^(C2)a holy ^(F1)temple in the Lord,²² in whom you also are being ^(C1)built together into a ^(C2)dwelling of God in the Spirit.