Monday, December 2, 2013
Ephesians 2:1-10
2 And you
were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways
of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the
lower heavens,[a] the spirit now working in
the disobedient.[b] 3 We too all previously
lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of
our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the
others were also. 4 But
God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for
us,[c]5 made us alive with
the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by
grace!6 Together
with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, 7 so that in the coming ages He
might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to
us in Christ Jesus. 8 For
you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it
is God’s gift— 9 not
from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His creation, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should
walk in them.
