Lettera agli Efesini - Ephesians 2

GREEK BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Και εσας οντας νεκρους δια τας παραβασεις και τας αμαρτιας εζωοποιησεν,	1 And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,
2 εις τας οποιας περιεπατησατε ποτε κατα το πολιτευμα του κοσμου τουτου, κατα τον αρχοντα της εξουσιας του αερος, του πνευματος το οποιον ενεργει την σημερον εις τους υιους της απειθειας?	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 μεταξυ των οποιων και ημεις παντες ανεστραφημεν ποτε κατα τας επιθυμιας της σαρκος ημων, πραττοντες τα θεληματα της σαρκος και των διαλογισμων, και ημεθα εκ φυσεως τεκνα οργης, ως και οι λοιποι?	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 ο Θεος ομως πλουσιος ων εις ελεος, δια την πολλην αγαπην αυτου με την οποιαν ηγαπησεν ημας,	4 Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,
5 και ενω ημεθα νεκροι δια τα αμαρτηματα, εζωοποιησεν ημας μετα του Χριστου? κατα χαριν εισθε σεσωσμενοι?	5 even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.
6 και συνανεστησε και συνεκαθισεν εν τοις επουρανιοις δια Ιησου Χριστου,	6 And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,
7 δια να δειξη εις τους επερχομενους αιωνας τον υπερβαλλοντα πλουτον της χαριτος αυτου δια της προς ημας αγαθοτητος εν Χριστω Ιησου.	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 Διοτι κατα χαριν εισθε σεσωσμενοι δια της πιστεως? και τουτο δεν ειναι απο σας, Θεου το δωρον?	8 For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
9 ουχι εξ εργων, δια να μη καυχηθη τις.	9 And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
10 Διοτι αυτου ποιημα ειμεθα, κτισθεντες εν Χριστω Ιησου προς εργα καλα, τα οποια προητοιμασεν ο Θεος δια να περιπατησωμεν εν αυτοις.	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 Δια τουτο ενθυμεισθε οτι σεις οι ποτε εθνικοι κατα σαρκα, οι λεγομενοι ακροβυστια υπο της λεγομενης περιτομης της χειροποιητου εν τη σαρκι,	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 οτι ησθε εν τω καιρω εκεινω χωρις Χριστου, απηλλοτριωμενοι απο της πολιτειας του Ισραηλ και ξενοι των διαθηκων της επαγγελιας, ελπιδα μη εχοντες και οντες εν τω κοσμω χωρις Θεου.	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 Τωρα ομως δια του Ιησου Χριστου σεις οι ποτε οντες μακραν εγεινετε πλησιον δια του αιματος του Χριστου.	13 But now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were in times past far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 Διοτι αυτος ειναι η ειρηνη ημων, οστις εκαμε τα δυο εν και ελυσε το μεσοτοιχον του φραγμου,	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 καταργησας την εχθραν εν τη σαρκι αυτου, τον νομον των εντολων των εν τοις διαταγμασι, δια να κτιση εις εαυτον τους δυο εις ενα νεον ανθρωπον, φερων ειρηνην,	15 emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace
16 και να συνδιαλλαξη αμφοτερους εις εν σωμα προς τον Θεον δια του σταυρου, θανατωσας δι' αυτου την εχθραν.	16 and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.
17 Και ελθων εκηρυξεν ευαγγελιον ειρηνης εις εσας τους μακραν και εις τους πλησιον,	17 And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.
18 διοτι δι' αυτου εχομεν αμφοτεροι την εισοδον προς τον Πατερα δι' ενος Πνευματος.	18 For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.
19 Αρα λοιπον δεν εισθε πλεον ξενοι και παροικοι αλλα συμπολιται των αγιων και οικειοι του Θεου,	19 Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,
20 εποικοδομηθεντες επι το θεμελιον των αποστολων και προφητων, οντος ακρογωνιαιου λιθου αυτου του Ιησου Χριστου?	20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.
21 εν τω οποιω πασα η οικοδομη συναρμολογουμενη αυξανεται εις ναον αγιον εν Κυριω?	21 In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 εν τω οποιω και σεις συνοικοδομεισθε εις κατοικητηριον του Θεου δια του Πνευματος.	22 In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.