Ephesians:2:11-22

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* Therefore remember that you , once Gentiles in the flesh-who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made by hands in the flesh - * that at that time you were apart from Christ , being estranged from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise , not having hope and atheists in the world . * But now in Christ Jesus , you who once were far away have come to be near by the blood of Christ . * For He Himself is our peace , who has made both one , and who destroyed the dividing wall of separation , * having abolished in His flesh the enmity , that is , the law of commandments contained in ordinances , that He might create in Himself one new man [from ] the two , [thus ] making peace , * and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross , putting to death the enmity in Himself . * And having come , He preached peace to you who were far away and to those near . * Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father . * So then , you are no longer strangers and aliens , but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God , * being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets , Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone , * in whom the whole building , being joined together , grows into a holy temple in the Lord , * in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit .

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