Ephesians 2:11–22

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

¹¹Therefore, remember that formerly^d you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)^e—¹²remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners^f to the covenants of the promise,^g without hope^h and without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who onceⁱ were far away have been brought near^j by the blood of Christ.^k

¹⁴For he himself is our peace,^l who has made the two groups one^m and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵by setting aside in his fleshⁿ the law with its commands and regulations.^o His purpose was to create in himself one^p new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^q by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷He came and preached peace^r to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^{s 18}For through him we both have access^t to the Father^u by one Spirit.^v

¹⁹Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^w but fellow citizens^x with God’s people and also members of his household,^{y 20}built^z on the foundation^a of the apostles and prophets,^b with Christ Jesus himself^c as the chief cornerstone.^{d 21}In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^e in the Lord. ²²And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^f