Ephesians Chapter 2

Ephesians Chapter 2

And you, who used to be dead and laden with sins and other crimes; in the past you were only concerned with the ways of the world, this is according to “the prince of the power of the air”, the spirit now works in the children of disobedience. This spirit is among us when we all had our conversation in the past about the lusts of the flesh, and fulfilling the desires of the flesh and also the mind. We were by nature, the children of wrath, just as others were.

God is rich is mercy and he has a great love for all of us, even when we were dead in our sins, he has saved us through Christ. And he raised us up together and made us sit in heavenly places with JC.

By grace you are saved through faith and it doesn’t come from you. It comes from God. It is not the works that you do, so don’t brag about that.

We are all creations of God, created in JC for good works that God has ordained before we ever do them.

Now remember, you were once Gentiles who focused on the flesh, but your are called to Uncircumcision (yup, that’s capitalized in the text), by the thing that is called Circumcision “in the flesh made by hands”. Back then, you were without Christ and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise. You had no home and were without a God who existed in the world.

Now in JC, you who were sometimes far off are made by his blood. He is our peace, he has made both one, and has broken down the middle the partition that once stood between us. He abolished in his flesh his enmity, even the commandments in the ordinances. He made in himself a new man, making peach so that he could reconcile both to God in body on the cross, having slain any enmity that existed.

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those that were near. Through him, we both have access by the Spirit to the Father.

Now you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but citizens with the saints and you are now of the household of God. You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, JC himself is the chief corner stone. It is in him that the well framed building will grow into a holy temple for the Lord, and it is in him that you are also crafted into this building which is a habitation of God through the Spirit.