Ephesians 2

I thank you, father, that you have raised me up together with yours and made me sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You have shown your exceeding rich grace in your kindness to me in Christ Jesus.

For by your grace, I have been saved through faith, that is not my own effort, but it is a gift from you, father.

I am not saved by my works. However, I am your workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which you, father, prepared beforehand that I would walk in.

Now, I, who was once far off from you, father, have been brought near to you by the blood of Christ. He is my peace.

He has created in himself one new man and reconciled me to you, father, in one body through the cross, and put to death the enmity between you and your children. Through Christ we have access by one Spirit to you, father.

We are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of god.