Ephesians 2 - Prayer Tents

2As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,G2532G5209G5607G3498G3900G2532G266 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.G1722G3739G4218G4043G2596G165G5127G2889G2596G758G1849G109G4151G3568G1754G1722G5207G543 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.G1722G3739G2532G2249G3956G390G4218G1722G1939G2257G4561G4160G2307G4561G2532G1271G2532G2258G5449G5043G3709G2532G5613G3062 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,G1161G2316G5607G4145G1722G1656G1223G846G4183G26G3739G25G2248 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.G2532G2248G5607G3498G3900G4806G5547G5485G2075G4982 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,G2532G4891G2532G4776G1722G2032G1722G5547G2424 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.G2443G1722G165G1904G1731G5235G4149G846G5485G1722G5544G1909G2248G1722G5547G2424 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—G1063G5485G2075G4982G1223G4102G2532G5124G3756G1537G5216G1435G2316 9not by works, so that no one can boast.G3756G1537G2041G3363G5100G2744 10For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.G1063G2070G846G4161G2936G1722G5547G2424G1909G18G2041G3739G2316G4282G2443G4043G1722G846 11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (which is done in the body by human hands)—G1352G3421G3754G5210G4218G1484G1722G4561G3588G3004G203G5259G3588G3004G4061G1722G4561G5499 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.G3754G1722G1565G2540G2258G5565G5547G526G4174G2474G2532G3581G1242G1860G2192G3361G1680G2532G112G1722G2889 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.G1161G3570G1722G5547G2424G5210G3588G4218G5607G3112G1096G1451G1722G129G5547 14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,G1063G846G2076G2257G1515G3588G4160G297G1520G2532G3089G3320G5418 15by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,G2673G1722G846G4561G2189G3551G1785G1722G1378G2443G2936G1722G1438G1417G1519G1520G2537G444G4160G1515 16and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.G2532G604G297G2316G1722G1520G4983G1223G4716G615G2189G1722G846 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.G2532G2064G2097G1515G5213G3588G3112G2532G1451 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.G3754G1223G846G2192G297G2192G4318G1722G1520G4151G4314G3962 19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household,G3767G686G2075G3765G3581G2532G3941G235G4847G40G2532G3609G2316 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.G2026G1909G2310G652G2532G4396G2424G5547G846G5607G204 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.G1722G3739G3956G3619G4883G837G1519G40G3485G1722G2962 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.G1722G3739G5210G2532G4925G1519G2732G2316G1722G4151