Ephesians 2:11-22 - Jewish And Gentile Believers United In Christ

¹¹ Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand, ¹² that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world; ¹³ but now, in Christ Jesus you who were formerly far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace, who made both one and broke down the middle wall of partition, ¹⁵ the enmity, and abolished by his flesh the law of commandments [consisting] of ordinances, that of the two he might create in himself one new man, making peace, ¹⁶ and reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having destroyed the enmity by it. ¹⁷ And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far off, and peace to those nigh, ¹⁸ for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the family of God, ²⁰ being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, ²¹ by which all the building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.