Ephesians 2:10–22

¹⁰For we are His creation, created ^oin Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time ^pso that we should walk in them.

Unity in Christ

¹¹So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” ^qwhich is done in the flesh by human hands. ^r12At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, ^swithout hope ^tand without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood ^uof the Messiah. ¹⁴For He is our peace, who made both groups one ^vand tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh, ¹⁵He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create ^win Himself one ^xnew man from the two, resulting in peace. ¹⁶He did this so that He might reconcile both to God in one body ^ythrough the cross and put the hostility to death by it. ^z17When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news ^aof peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. ^b18For through Him we both have access ^cby one Spirit to the Father. ^d19So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, ²⁰built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, ^ewith Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. ²¹The whole building, being put together ^fby Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord. ^g22You also are being built together ^hfor God’s dwelling ⁱin the Spirit.