Ephesians 2:14–3:13

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, ^7eof which I became a minister ^faccording to the gift of the grace of God given to me by ^gthe effective working of His power.

Purpose of the Mystery

⁸To me, ^hwho am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles ⁱthe unsearchable riches of Christ, ⁹and to make all see what is the ²fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who ^jcreated all things ³through Jesus Christ; ^10kto the intent that now ^lthe ⁴manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church ^mto the ⁵principalities and powers in the heavenly places, ¹¹ⁿaccording to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹²in whom we have boldness and access ^owith confidence through faith in Him. ^13pTherefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, ^qwhich is your glory.