1And you he made alive, when you were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience; 3among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:— 4but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah (by grace you have been saved), 6and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places, in Messiah Yeshua: 7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua: 8for by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not of works, that no man should glory. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 11Therefore remember, that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12that you were at that time separate from Messiah, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Messiah Yeshua you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Messiah. 14For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15having made of none effect in his flesh the enmity — the Torah of commandments contained in decrees — that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it: 17and he came and preached peace to you who were far off, and peace to those who were near: 18for through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. 19So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Messiah Yeshua himself being the chief corner stone; 21in whom each building, fitly framed together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.