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And you were dead in your transgressions and sins, |
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in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to [the will of] the prince of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience, |
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among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others,
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God, rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, |
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Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, you are saved --blagodatyu - |
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and raised us up together, and made us sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, |
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he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. |
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves the gift of God: |
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Not of works, lest anyone should boast. |
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For we - His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God hath before ordained that we should.
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So remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh, who were called uncircumcised so-called circumcision in the flesh [circumcision], made by hands; |
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that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. |
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
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For he is our peace, who made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition, |
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abolishing in his flesh, and the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that the two create in himself one new man, making peace; |
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and in one body to reconcile both to God through the cross, killing the enmity in it. |
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And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and close, |
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because through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. |
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So you are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints, and to God, |
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built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone], |
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on which the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, |
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in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. |
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