The Latin Vulgate VUL
English Standard Version ESV
1 et vos cum essetis mortui delictis et peccatis vestris
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And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
2 in quibus aliquando ambulastis secundum saeculum mundi huius secundum principem potestatis aeris huius spiritus qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiae
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in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
3 in quibus et nos omnes aliquando conversati sumus in desideriis carnis nostrae facientes voluntates carnis et cogitationum et eramus natura filii irae sicut et ceteri
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among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
4 Deus autem qui dives est in misericordia propter nimiam caritatem suam qua dilexit nos
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But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 et cum essemus mortui peccatis convivificavit nos Christo gratia estis salvati
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even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—
6 et conresuscitavit et consedere fecit in caelestibus in Christo Iesu
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and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 ut ostenderet in saeculis supervenientibus abundantes divitias gratiae suae in bonitate super nos in Christo Iesu
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so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 gratia enim estis salvati per fidem et hoc non ex vobis Dei enim donum est
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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 non ex operibus ut ne quis glorietur
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not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 ipsius enim sumus factura creati in Christo Iesu in operibus bonis quae praeparavit Deus ut in illis ambulemus
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
11 propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne qui dicimini praeputium ab ea quae dicitur circumcisio in carne manufacta
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Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
12 quia eratis illo in tempore sine Christo alienati a conversatione Israhel et hospites testamentorum promissionis spem non habentes et sine Deo in mundo
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remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13 nunc autem in Christo Iesu vos qui aliquando eratis longe facti estis prope in sanguine Christi
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 ipse est enim pax nostra qui fecit utraque unum et medium parietem maceriae solvens inimicitiam in carne sua
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For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
15 legem mandatorum decretis evacuans ut duos condat in semet ipsum in unum novum hominem faciens pacem
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by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
16 et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore Deo per crucem interficiens inimicitiam in semet ipso
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and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
17 et veniens evangelizavit pacem vobis qui longe fuistis et pacem his qui prope
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And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
18 quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo in uno Spiritu ad Patrem
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For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 ergo iam non estis hospites et advenae sed estis cives sanctorum et domestici Dei
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So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
20 superaedificati super fundamentum apostolorum et prophetarum ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Iesu
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
21 in quo omnis aedificatio constructa crescit in templum sanctum in Domino
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in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 in quo et vos coaedificamini in habitaculum Dei in Spiritu
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In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
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