rsv Ephesians:2:12-20 SEEK
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remember that you were at that time separated from Christ ,
alienated from the commonwealth of Israel ,
and strangers to the covenants of promise ,
having no hope and without God in the world .
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ .
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For he is our peace ,
who has made us both one ,
and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility ,
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by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances ,
that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two ,
so making peace ,
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and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross ,
thereby bringing the hostility to an end .
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And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near ;
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for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father .
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So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners ,
but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God ,
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built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets ,
Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone ,