Christ, the Peacemaker and Foundation

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For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

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by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

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He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

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For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

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Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

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And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.