in all the world.
002:013 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been
brought near through the death of Christ.
002:014 For He is our peace--He who has made Jews and Gentiles one, and in
His own human nature has broken down the hostile dividing wall,
002:015 by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed,
as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite
the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form
one new man,
002:016 thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles
in one body to God, by means of His cross--slaying by it
their mutual enmity.
002:017 So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were
so far away, and peace to those who were near;
002:018 because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have
access through one Spirit to the Father.
002:019 You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded
from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship
with God's people and are members of His family.
002:020 You are a building which has been reared on the foundation
of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being
Christ Jesus Himself,
002:021 in union with whom the whole fabric, fitted and closely
joined together, is growing so as to form a holy sanctuary
in the Lord;
002:022 in whom you also are being built up together to become a fixed
abode for God through the Spirit.
003:001 For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf
of you Gentiles--
003:002 if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously