2:1 And although you were ¹  dead ²  in your transgressions and sins, 2:2 in which ³  you formerly lived ⁴  according to this world’s present path, ⁵  according to the ruler of the kingdom ⁶  of the air, the ruler of ⁷  the spirit ⁸  that is now energizing ⁹  the sons of disobedience, ¹⁰  2:3 among whom ¹¹  all of us ¹²  also ¹³  formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath ¹⁴  even as the rest… ¹⁵ 

2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 2:5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! ¹⁶  – 2:6 and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 2:7 to demonstrate in the coming ages ¹⁷  the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward ¹⁸  us in Christ Jesus. 2:8 For by grace you are saved ¹⁹  through faith, ²⁰  and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; 2:9 it is not from ²¹  works, so that no one can boast. ²²  2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. ²³ 

2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body ²⁴  by human hands – 2:12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, ²⁵  alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, ²⁶  having no hope and without God in the world. 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ²⁷  2:14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one ²⁸  and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility, 2:15 when he nullified ²⁹  in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man ³⁰  out of two, ³¹  thus making peace, 2:16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. ³²  2:17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, 2:18 so that ³³  through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 2:20 because you have been built ³⁴  on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, ³⁵  with Christ Jesus himself as ³⁶  the cornerstone. ³⁷  2:21 In him ³⁸  the whole building, ³⁹  being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

3:1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus ⁴⁰  for the sake of you Gentiles – 3:2 if indeed ⁴¹  you have heard of the stewardship ⁴²  of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3:3 that ⁴³  by revelation the divine secret ⁴⁴  was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. ⁴⁵  3:4 When reading this, ⁴⁶  you will be able to ⁴⁷  understand my insight into this secret ⁴⁸  of Christ. 3:5 Now this secret ⁴⁹  was not disclosed to people ⁵⁰  in former ⁵¹  generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by ⁵²  the Spirit, 3:6 namely, that through the gospel ⁵³  the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members ⁵⁴  of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 3:7 I became a servant of this gospel ⁵⁵  according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by ⁵⁶  the exercise of his power. ⁵⁷  3:8 To me – less than the least of all the saints ⁵⁸  – this grace was given, ⁵⁹  to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ 3:9 and to enlighten ⁶⁰  everyone about God’s secret plan ⁶¹  – a secret that has been hidden for ages ⁶²  in God ⁶³  who has created all things. 3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that ⁶⁴  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ⁶⁵  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. 3:11 This was according to ⁶⁶  the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 3:12 in whom we have boldness and confident access ⁶⁷  to God ⁶⁸  because of ⁶⁹  Christ’s ⁷⁰  faithfulness. ⁷¹  3:13 For this reason I ask you ⁷²  not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, ⁷³  which ⁷⁴  is your glory. ⁷⁵ 

3:14 For this reason ⁷⁶  I kneel ⁷⁷  before the Father, ⁷⁸  3:15 from ⁷⁹  whom every family ⁸⁰  in heaven and on the earth is named. 3:16 I pray that ⁸¹  according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, 3:18 you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ⁸²  3:19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to ⁸³  all the fullness of God.

3:20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us ⁸⁴  is able to do far beyond ⁸⁵  all that we ask or think, 3:21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.