Ephesians:2:11-22
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Because of this ,
remember that you ,
the nations ,
were then in the flesh (
those having been called Uncircumcision by those having been called Circumcision in the flesh made by hand )
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that at that time you were without Christ ,
alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers of the covenants of promise ,
having no hope and without God in the world .
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But now ,
in Christ Jesus you who then were afar off came to be near by the blood of Christ .
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For He is our peace ,
He making us both one ,
and breaking down the middle wall of partition ,
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in His flesh causing to cease the enmity ,
the Law of the commandments in decrees ,
that He might in Himself create the two into one new man ,
making peace ,
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and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross ,
slaying the enmity in Himself .
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And coming ,
He proclaimed "
peace to you ,
the ones afar off ,
and to the ones near ."
Isaiah .
strkjv @
57:19
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For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father .
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So ,
then ,
you are no longer strangers and tenants ,
but you are fellow citizens of the saints and of the household of God ,
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being built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets ,
Jesus Christ Himself being the cornerstone ,
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in whom every building having been fitted together grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord ,
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in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit .