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Therefore remember that ^(C1)previously ^(C2)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "^(C3)Uncircumcision" by the so-called "^(C3)Circumcision" which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^(F1)(C1)excluded from ^(F2)the people of Israel, and strangers to ^(C2)the covenants of the promise, having ^(C3)no hope and ^(C4)without God in the world.

But now in ^(C1)Christ Jesus you who ^(C2)previously were ^(C3)far away ^(F1)have ^(C3)been brought near ^(F2)(C4)by the blood of Christ.

For He Himself is ^(C1)our peace, ^(C2)who made both groups into one and broke down the ^(F1)barrier of the dividing wall,

^(F1)by ^(C1)abolishing ^(F2)in His flesh the hostility, which is ^(C2)the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might ^(F3)(C3)make the two ^(C4)one new person, in this way establishing ^(C5)peace;

and that He might ^(C1)reconcile them both in ^(C2)one body to God through the cross, ^(F1)by it having ^(C3)put to death the hostility.

And ^(C1)He came and preached ^(C2)peace to you who were ^(C3)far away, and peace to those who were ^(C3)near;

for through Him we both have ^(C1)our access in ^(C2)one Spirit to ^(C3)the Father.

So then you are no longer ^(C1)strangers and foreigners, but you are ^(C2)fellow citizens with the ^(F1)saints, and are of ^(C3)God's household,

having been ^(C1)built on ^(C2)the foundation of ^(C3)the apostles and prophets, ^(C4)Christ Jesus Himself being the ^(C5)cornerstone,

^(C1)in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into ^(C2)a holy ^(F1)temple in the Lord,

in whom you also are being ^(C1)built together into a ^(C2)dwelling of God in the Spirit.