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11 You were not born Jewish. You are the people the Jews call "uncircumcised." Those who call you "uncircumcised" call themselves "circumcised." (Their circumcision is only something they themselves do on their bodies.)
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Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—
12 Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you had no part in the agreementsn with the promise that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.
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remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away from God are brought near through the blood of Christ's death.
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 Christ himself is our peace. He made both Jewish people and those who are not Jews one people. They were separated as if there were a wall between them, but Christ broke down that wall of hate by giving his own body.
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For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
15 The Jewish law had many commands and rules, but Christ ended that law. His purpose was to make the two groups of people become one new people in him and in this way make peace.
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by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
16 It was also Christ's purpose to end the hatred between the two groups, to make them into one body, and to bring them back to God. Christ did all this with his death on the cross.
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and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
17 Christ came and preached peace to you who were far away from God, and to those who were near to God.
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He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
18 Yes, it is through Christ we all have the right to come to the Father in one Spirit.
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For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19 Now you who are not Jewish are not foreigners or strangers any longer, but are citizens together with God's holy people. You belong to God's family.
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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 You are like a building that was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the most important stonen in that building,
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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
21 and that whole building is joined together in Christ. He makes it grow and become a holy temple in the Lord.
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In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
22 And in Christ you, too, are being built together with the Jews into a place where God lives through the Spirit.
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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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