Ephesians 2
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God Saved Us because of His Great Love for Us
2 You were once dead because of your failures and sins. 2 You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us once lived among these people, and followed the desires of our corrupt nature. We did what our corrupt desires and thoughts wanted us to do. So, because of our nature, we deserved God’s anger just like everyone else.
4 But God is rich in mercy because of his great love for us. 5 We were dead because of our failures, but he made us alive together with Christ. (It is God’s kindness[a] that saved you.) 6 God has brought us back to life together with Christ Yeshua and has given us a position in heaven with him. 7 He did this through Christ Yeshua out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come. 8 God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God. 9 It’s not the result of anything you’ve done, so no one can brag about it. 10 God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Yeshua to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.
God Has United Jewish and Non-Jewish People
11 Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves “the circumcised” because of what they had done to their bodies called you “the uncircumcised.” 12 Also, at that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from citizenship in Israel, and the pledges[b] God made in his promise were foreign to you. You had no hope and were in the world without God.
13 But now through Christ Yeshua you, who were once far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 So he is our peace. In his body he has made Jewish and non-Jewish people one by breaking down the wall of hostility that kept them apart. 15 He brought an end to the commandments and demands found in Moses’ Teachings so that he could take Jewish and non-Jewish people and create one new humanity in himself. So he made peace. 16 He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility. 17 He came with the Good News of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near. 18 So Jewish and non-Jewish people can go to the Father in one Spirit.
19 That is why you are no longer foreigners and outsiders but citizens together with God’s people and members of God’s family. 20 You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Yeshua himself is the cornerstone. 21 In him all the parts of the building fit together and grow into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 2:5 Or “grace.”
- Ephesians 2:12 Or “covenants.”
Ephesians 2
New International Version
Made Alive in Christ
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A) 2 in which you used to live(B) when you followed the ways of this world(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(E) 3 All of us also lived among them at one time,(F) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](G) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us,(H) God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(I)—it is by grace you have been saved.(J) 6 And God raised us up with Christ(K) and seated us with him(L) in the heavenly realms(M) in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,(N) expressed in his kindness(O) to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace(P) you have been saved,(Q) through faith(R)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works,(S) so that no one can boast.(T) 10 For we are God’s handiwork,(U) created(V) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(W) which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
11 Therefore, remember that formerly(X) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)(Y)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(Z) to the covenants of the promise,(AA) without hope(AB) and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once(AC) were far away have been brought near(AD) by the blood of Christ.(AE)
14 For he himself is our peace,(AF) who has made the two groups one(AG) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh(AH) the law with its commands and regulations.(AI) His purpose was to create in himself one(AJ) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(AK) by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace(AL) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.(AM) 18 For through him we both have access(AN) to the Father(AO) by one Spirit.(AP)
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(AQ) but fellow citizens(AR) with God’s people and also members of his household,(AS) 20 built(AT) on the foundation(AU) of the apostles and prophets,(AV) with Christ Jesus himself(AW) as the chief cornerstone.(AX) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(AY) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
Эфесянам 2
Священное Писание (Восточный Перевод)
Спасение по благодати через веру в Ису Масиха
2 Вы были духовно мертвы из-за ваших преступлений и грехов 2 и поступали так, как принято в этом греховном мире, по велениям сатаны, властителя злых сил, обитающих в воздухе, – духа, действующего ныне в тех, кто противится Всевышнему. 3 Мы все когда-то были такими и поступали по своим природным желаниям, следуя своей похоти. Нас, как и всех остальных, ожидал гнев Всевышнего. 4 Но Всевышний, богатый милостью, проявил такую огромную любовь к нам, 5 что нас, духовно мёртвых из-за наших преступлений, оживил вместе с Масихом.
Вы спасены[a] по благодати. 6 И Всевышний воскресил нас вместе с Масихом и посадил нас, объединившихся с Исой Масихом, в небесах. 7 Тем самым Он хотел показать в грядущих веках безмерное богатство Своей благодати, проявленное к нам через Ису Масиха. 8 Потому что вы спасены по благодати через веру, и это не ваша заслуга – это дар Всевышнего. 9 Не за дела, чтобы никто не хвалился тем, что он якобы заслужил спасение. 10 Мы теперь новое творение Всевышнего, созданы, через единение с Исой Масихом, для совершения добрых дел, которые Всевышний предназначил нам совершать.
Верующие из всех народов объединены Масихом
11 Помните поэтому, что вы по рождению язычники, которых так называемые «обрезанные»[b] (прошедшие этот обряд, совершаемый руками человеческими и только на теле) называли «необрезанными». 12 Вы были в то время без Масиха и не принадлежали к народу Всевышнего, Исраилу. Священное соглашение, в котором были заключены обещания Всевышнего, на вас не распространялось, вы жили в этом мире без надежды и без Всевышнего. 13 Но сейчас – в вашем единении с Исой Масихом – вы, бывшие когда-то далеко, кровью Масиха, пролитой за нас, стали близки.
14 Он Сам примирил нас, иудеев, и вас, представителей других народов, и сделал из двух одно, разрушив стоявшую между нами стену, то есть разделявшую нас вражду. 15 Он упразднил Закон с его повелениями и правилами, и Его цель – создать в единении с Ним из двух один новый народ[c], установить мир, 16 и обоих, как один народ,[d] примирить со Всевышним через Его искупительную смерть на кресте, уничтожив Собою вражду. 17 Он пришёл и принёс Радостную Весть о мире вам, бывшим далеко от Него, и тем, кто был близок к Нему,[e] 18 поэтому через Него мы, и иудеи, и другие народы, в одном Духе получили доступ к Небесному Отцу.
19 Поэтому вы уже не чужие и не инородцы; вы сограждане святому народу Всевышнего и члены Его семьи. 20 Вы воздвигнуты на основании, которым являются посланники Масиха и пророки,[f] а его краеугольный камень – Сам Иса Масих. 21 На Нём крепится всё здание, поднимающееся всё выше и выше и становящееся святым храмом, посвящённым Повелителю. 22 В единении с Ним и вы созидаетесь вместе, чтобы стать жилищем, в котором живёт Всевышний Духом Своим.
Footnotes
- 2:5 Спасены – от пламени ада (см. Иуда 1:23), от гнева Всевышнего и Его судов (см. Рим. 5:9), от суетной жизни (см. 1 Пет. 1:18), от греха (см. Мат. 1:21) и от дьявола (см. 2 Тим. 2:26).
- 2:11 То есть иудеи.
- 2:15 Букв.: «одного нового человека».
- 2:16 Букв.: «в одном теле».
- 2:17 См. Ис. 57:19.
- 2:20 Или: «…на основании, положенном посланниками Масиха и пророками».
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