2:1 And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins
2:1 You were dead through the trespasses and sins

2:2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
2:2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.

2:3 Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
2:3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.

2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us,
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us

2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--

2:6 and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
2:6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

2:7 that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
2:7 so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God --
2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God--

2:9 not because of works, lest any man should boast.
2:9 not the result of works, so that no one may boast.

2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

2:11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands --
2:11 So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called "the uncircumcision" by those who are called "the circumcision"--a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands--

2:12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
2:12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

2:14 For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility,
2:14 For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.

2:15 by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
2:15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace,

2:16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end.
2:16 and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.

2:17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;
2:17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;

2:18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
2:18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.

2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,

2:20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
2:20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

2:21 in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
2:21 In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

2:22 in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
2:22 in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.