2 And ^[a]you ^[b]were dead ^[c]in your offenses and sins, ² in which you previously walked according to the ^[d]course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the ^[e]sons of disobedience. ³ Among them ^[f]we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, ^[g]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^[h]mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. ⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead ^[i]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[j]with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[k]boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith; and ^[l]this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; ⁹ not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.