Ephesians
2: 1-10
Made Alive in Christ
1As for you, you were dead in your
transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you
followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who
is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also
lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following
its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And
God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ
Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the
incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by
works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for
us to do.
