Epistula ad Ephesios, 2
1. et vos cum essetis mortui delictis et peccatis vestris
1. And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,
2. in quibus aliquando ambulastis secundum sæculum mundi hujus secundum principem potestatis æris hujus spiritus qui nunc operatur in filios diffidentiæ
2. 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:
3. in quibus et nos omnes aliquando conversati sumus in desideriis carnis nostræ facientes voluntates carnis et cogitationum et eramus natura filii iræ sicut et ceteri
3. 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:
4. Deus autem qui dives est in misericordia propter nimiam caritatem suam qua dilexit nos
4. But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,
5. et cum essemus mortui peccatis convivificavit nos Christo gratia estis salvati
5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)
6. et conresuscitavit et consedere fecit in cælestibus in Christo Jesu
6. And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.
7. ut ostenderet in sæculis supervenientibus abundantes divitias gratiæ suæ in bonitate super nos in Christo Jesu
7. That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.
8. gratia enim estis salvati per fidem et hoc non ex vobis Dei enim donum est
8. For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
9. non ex operibus ut ne quis glorietur
9. Not of works, that no man may glory.
10. ipsius enim sumus factura creati in Christo Jesu in operibus bonis quæ præparavit Deus ut in illis ambulemus
10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
11. propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne qui dicimini præputium ab ea quæ dicitur circumcisio in carne manufacta
11. 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;
12. quia eratis illo in tempore sine Christo alienati a conversatione Israël et hospites testamentorum promissionis spem non habentes et sine Deo in mundo
12. 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.
13. nunc autem in Christo Jesu vos qui aliquando eratis longe facti estis prope in sanguine Christi
13. But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14. ipse est enim pax nostra qui fecit utraque unum et medium parietem maceriæ solvens inimicitiam in carne sua
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and breaking down the middle wall of partition, the enmities in his flesh:
15. legem mandatorum decretis evacuans ut duos condat in semet ipsum in unum novum hominem faciens pacem
15. Making void the law of commandments contained in decrees; that he might make the two in himself into one new man, making peace;
16. et reconciliet ambos in uno corpore Deo per crucem interficiens inimicitiam in semet ipso
16. And might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, killing the enmities in himself.
17. et veniens evangelizavit pacem vobis qui longe fuistis et pacem his qui prope
17. And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off, and peace to them that were nigh.
18. quoniam per ipsum habemus accessum ambo in uno Spiritu ad Patrem
18. For by him we have access both in one Spirit to the Father.
19. ergo jam non estis hospites et advenæ sed estis cives sanctorum et domestici Dei
19. Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners; but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and the domestics of God,
20. superædificati super fundamentum apostolorum et prophetarum ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Jesu
20. Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
21. in quo omnis ædificatio constructa crescit in templum sanctum in Domino
21. In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.
22. in quo et vos coædificamini in habitaculum Dei in Spiritu
22. In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.
