13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
15. having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
16. and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.
17. He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
18. For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
19. So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
20. being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
21. in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;