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it is the gift of God— </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>not the result of works, so that no one may boast. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">One in Christ</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33496b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>and might reconcile both groups to God in one body<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33501c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33501d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33505e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>in whom you also are built together spiritually<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-33507f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> into a dwelling place for God.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:5">Ephesians 2:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>in Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:11">Ephesians 2:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>in the flesh</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:16">Ephesians 2:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>reconcile both of us in one body for God</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:16">Ephesians 2:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>in him</i>, or <i>in himself</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:20">Ephesians 2:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>keystone</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ephesians 2:22">Ephesians 2:22</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>in the Spirit</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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