2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who
used to
be far away have been
brought near by the
blood of
Christ.
14 For he is our peace, the one who
made both groups into
one and who
destroyed the
middle wall of partition, the
hostility,
15 when he
nullified in his flesh the
law of
commandments in decrees. He did this
to create in himself one new man out of
two,
thus
making peace,
16 and to
reconcile them
both in one body to
God through the
cross,
by which the
hostility has been
killed.
17 And he
came and
preached peace to
you who were
far off and peace to those who were
near,
18 so that through him we
both have access in one Spirit to the
Father.
19 So then you
are no longer foreigners and noncitizens,
but you
are fellow citizens with the
saints and members of God’s
household,
20 because you have been
built on the
foundation of the
apostles and prophets,
with
Christ Jesus himself as
the
cornerstone.
21 In him the
whole building,
being
joined together,
grows into a
holy temple in the
Lord,
22 in whom you also are being
built together into a
dwelling place of
God in the
Spirit.
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