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But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

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even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.