Ephesians 2:1-14

And you were dead  in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,  according to the ruler of the power of the air,  the spirit  now working in the disobedient.  We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly  desires, carrying out the inclinations  of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath  as the others were also. But God, who is rich in mercy,  because of his great love  that he had for us,  made us alive  with Christ even though we were dead  in trespasses. You are saved by grace! He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,  so that in the coming ages  he might display the immeasurable riches  of his grace through his kindness  to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace  through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift #— # not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created  in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time  for us to do. So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh #— #called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,”  which is done in the flesh by human hands.  At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise,  without hope  and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood  of Christ. For he is our peace, who made both groups one  and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh