YOU also, being dead in trespasses and sins;--(2)in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience; (3)among whom we also all walked in time past in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;--(4)but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us, made us, (5)even when we were dead in sins, alive with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) (6)and raised us with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus; (7)that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding richness of his grace, in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (8)For by grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; (9)not of works, lest any one should boast. (10)For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (11)Wherefore remember, that in time past ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hand,--(12)that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God in the world. (13)But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who in time past were afar off, were made near by the blood of Christ. (14)For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition; (15)having abolished in his flesh the enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might make the two one new man in himself, making peace; (16)and might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. (17)And he came and brought the good news of peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. (18)Because through him we both have the access in one Spirit to the Father. (19)So then ye are no longer strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; (20)having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner-stone; (21)in whom all the building, fitly framed together, grows unto a holy temple in the Lord; (22)in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. III.