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1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
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You were dead through the trespasses and sins
2 in 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.
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in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.
3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
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All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
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even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
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and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
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so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
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not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
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