The Message Bible MSG
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19 That's plain enough, isn't it? You're no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You're no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He's using us all - irrespective of how we got here - in what he is building.
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Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
20 He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he's using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
21 that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day - a holy temple built by God,
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In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
22 all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.
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And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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