Ephesians 2

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 And you were dead, through the crimes and the sins	1 And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,
2 which used to make up your way of life when you were living by the principles of this world, obeying theruler who dominates the air, the spirit who is at work in those who rebel.	2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief:
3 We too were al among them once, living only by our natural inclinations, obeying the demands ofhuman self-indulgence and our own whim; our nature made us no less liable to God's retribution than the rest ofthe world.	3 In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:
4 But God, being rich in faithful love, through the great love with which he loved us,	4 But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our sins, brought us to life with Christ -- it is through grace that you havebeen saved-	5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)
6 and raised us up with him and gave us a place with him in heaven, in Christ Jesus.	6 And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.
7 This was to show for al ages to come, through his goodness towards us in Christ Jesus, howextraordinarily rich he is in grace.	7 That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.
8 Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by agift from God;	8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
9 not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit.	9 Not of works, that no man may glory.
10 We are God's work of art, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has alreadydesignated to make up our way of life.	10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
11 Do not forget, then, that there was a time when you who were gentiles by physical descent, termed theuncircumcised by those who speak of themselves as the circumcised by reason of a physical operation,	11 For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands;
12 do not forget, I say, that you were at that time separate from Christ and excluded from membership ofIsrael, aliens with no part in the covenants of the Promise, limited to this world, without hope and without God.	12 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and without God in this world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far off have been brought close, by the blood of Christ.	13 But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into one entity and broken down the barrierwhich used to keep them apart, by destroying in his own person the hostility,	14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:
15 that is, the Law of commandments with its decrees. His purpose in this was, by restoring peace, tocreate a single New Man out of the two of them,	15 Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees; that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
16 and through the cross, to reconcile them both to God in one Body; in his own person he kil ed thehostility.	16 And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.
17 He came to bring the good news of peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.	17 And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.
18 Through him, then, we both in the one Spirit have free access to the Father.	18 For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fel ow-citizens with the holy people of God andpart of God's household.	19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God,
20 You are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself is thecornerstone.	20 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
21 Every structure knit together in him grows into a holy temple in the Lord;	21 In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.
22 and you too, in him, are being built up into a dwelling-place of God in the Spirit.	22 In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.