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having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,
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and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
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And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.
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For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
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Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone,
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in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
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in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.