Ephesians 2:11–3:6

Brought Near by His Blood

¹¹Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called ^uthe Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—¹²that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Christ Our Peace

¹⁴For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, ¹⁵having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one ^vnew man from the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and that He might ^wreconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby ^xputting to death the enmity. ¹⁷And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. ¹⁸For ^ythrough Him we both have access ^zby one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

¹⁹Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, ²⁰having been ^abuilt ^bon the foundation of the ^capostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being ^dthe chief cornerstone, ²¹in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into ^ea holy temple in the Lord, ^22fin whom you also are being built together for a ^gdwelling place of God in the Spirit.

The Mystery Revealed

3For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles—²if indeed you have heard of the ¹dispensation of the grace of God ^awhich was given to me for you, ^3bhow that by revelation ^cHe made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, ⁴by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), ⁵which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: ⁶that the Gentiles ^dshould be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,