Common English Bible CEB
New Revised Standard NRS
1 At one time you were like a dead person because of the things you did wrong and your offenses against God.
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You were dead through the trespasses and sins
2 You used to live like people of this world. You followed the rule of a destructive spiritual power. This is the spirit of disobedience to God's will that is now at work in persons whose lives are characterized by disobedience.
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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 At one time you were like those persons. All of you used to do whatever felt good and whatever you thought you wanted so that you were children headed for punishment just like everyone else.
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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.
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But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us
5 However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God's grace!
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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 and seated us in the heavens with 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 God did this to show future generations the greatness of his grace by the goodness that God has shown 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 You are saved by God's grace because of your faith. This salvation is God's gift. It's not something you possessed.
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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 It's not something you did that you can be proud of.
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not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 Instead, we are God's accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives.
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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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