6. and has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7. That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8. For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.
11. Therefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh, which is made by hands,
12. that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world,
13. but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who of both has made one, breaking down the middle wall of separation,
15. abolishing in his flesh the enmity, which was the law of commandments in the order of rites, to edify in himself the two in one new man, making peace,
16. and to reconcile both with God by the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} in one body, having slain the enmity thereby;