| 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two
one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall
of hostility,
15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its
commandments and regulations. His purpose was
to create in himself one new man out of the two,
thus making peace,
16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to
God through the cross, by which he put to death
their hostility.
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far
away and peace to those who were near.
18 For through him we both have access to the Father
by one Spirit.
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and
aliens, but fellow citizens with God\'s people and
members of God\'s household,
20 built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief
cornerstone.
21 In him the whole building is joined together and
rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
22 And in him you too are being built together to
become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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