Ephesians 2:4-8 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in misdeeds, made us alive along with Christ — by grace we have been saved — ⁶ and raised us up with him and made us sit with him in the heavenly heights in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that he might show in the ages to come the surpassing richness of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,