Ephesians 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 You were dead in your transgressions and sins	1 And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,
2 in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.	2 in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.
3 All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest.	3 And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,	4 Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),	5 even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.
6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,	6 And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.	7 so that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;	8 For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
9 it is not from works, so no one may boast.	9 And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
10 For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.	10 For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
11 Therefore, remember that at one time you, Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by those called the circumcision, which is done in the flesh by human hands,	11 Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,
12 were at that time without Christ, alienated from the community of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.	12 and that you were, in that time, without Christ, being foreign to the way of life of Israel, being visitors to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and being without God in this world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.	13 But now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were in times past far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,	14 For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,
15 abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace,	15 emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace
16 and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.	16 and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,	17 And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.
18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.	18 For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,	19 Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,
20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.	20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.
21 Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;	21 In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.	22 In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.