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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 Mace New Testament</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Mace</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Alive with Christ<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../colossians/2.htm#6">Colossians 2:6–23</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>did raise us all, who were in that deadly state of sin, to life by Christ, for by grace ye are saved: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>he hath raised us up together, and made us partakers of his heavenly kingdom. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast: <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">One in Christ<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../philippians/2.htm">Philippians 2:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wherefore remember that you were heretofore Gentiles, being denominated the uncircumcised, by those who are the circumcised by a manual operation; <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that at that time ye were without all knowledge of the Messiah, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and living in the world without any true knowledge of God. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>but now you who were formerly at a distance, are brought near by the death of Christ Jesus. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>for he is our peace-maker, who hath united both Jew and Gentile, and hath by his flesh broken down the middle wall of partition <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>(which kept us at variance) by abolishing the dogmatical injunctions of the law, that having made the peace, he might incorporate the two into one new body under himself; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them: <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Christ Our Cornerstone<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/3.htm#10">1 Corinthians 3:10–15</a>; <a href ="../1_peter/2.htm">1 Peter 2:1–8</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle: <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>on which the whole structure rises with symmetry into a temple, consecrated by the Lord: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>who by his spirit has likewise made you a part of this divine mansion.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ephesians/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ephesians 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ephesians 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ephesians/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ephesians 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ephesians 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>