And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins

among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men.

But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us

Remember, then, that once upon a time you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called 'the Uncircumcision' by that so-called 'Circumcision' which is itself the product of human hands in the flesh ??12 remember you were in those days outside Christ, aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the Promise, devoid of hope and God within the world.

Whereas now, within Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

he came with a gospel of peace for those far away (that is, for you) and for those who were near,

For there is one Body and one Spirit ??as you were called for the one hope that belongs to your call ??5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light