1. In the past your spiritual lives were dead because of your sins and the things you did wrong against God.
2. Yes, in the past you lived the way the world lives. You followed the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.
3. In the past all of us lived like them. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.
4. But God’s mercy is great, and he loved us very much.
5. We were spiritually dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.
6. And he raised us up with Christ and gave us a seat with him in the heavens. He did this for those of us who are in Christ Jesus.