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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ephesians 2 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ephesians/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ephesians/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Ephesians 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ephesians/1.htm" title="Ephesians 1">◄</a> Ephesians 2 <a href="../ephesians/3.htm" title="Ephesians 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ephesians/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Made Alive in Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>in 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.">a</a></sup></span> and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>not by works, so that no one can boast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">In contexts like this, the Greek word for <i>flesh</i> (<i>sarx</i>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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