The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

⭑ Douay-Rheims :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 2 -

(Colossians 2:6–23)

And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,

Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of this air, of the spirit that now worketh on the children of unbelief:

In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)

And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.

That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

Not of works, that no man may glory.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.

One in Christ

(Philippians 2:1–4)

For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands;

That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel, and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise, and without God in this world.

But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:

Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees; that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace;

And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.

And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.

For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

(Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 1 Peter 2:1–8)

Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God,

Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:

In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.

In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.

(Colossians 2:6–23)

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

not of works, that no one would boast.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

One in Christ

(Philippians 2:1–4)

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,

having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

(Isaiah 28:14–22; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; 1 Peter 2:1–8)

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.