Eph 2:11-22, Col 1:23 | ESV | STEP | Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh , called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision , which is made in the flesh by hands

Ephesians 2:11-22

One in Christ

11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^athe circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember ^bthat you were at that time separated from Christ, ^calienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^dthe covenants of promise, ^ehaving no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^ffar off have been brought near ^gby the blood of Christ. 14 For ^hhe himself is our peace, ⁱwho has made us both one and has broken down ^jin his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^kordinances, that he might create in himself one ^lnew man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might ^mreconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and ⁿpreached peace to you who were ^ofar off and peace to those who were ^pnear. 18 For ^qthrough him we both have ^raccess in ^sone Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^tstrangers and aliens, ^{▼▼Or sojourners} but you are ^vfellow citizens with the saints and ^wmembers of the household of God, 20 ^xbuilt on the foundation of the ^yapostles and prophets, ^zChrist Jesus himself being ^aathe cornerstone, 21 ^abin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^aca holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him ^adyou also are being built together ^aeinto a dwelling place for God by ^{▼▼Or in} the Spirit.

Colossians 1:23

23 ^agif indeed you continue in the faith, ^ahstable and steadfast, not shifting from ^aithe hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed ^ajin all creation ^{▼▼Or to every creature} under heaven, ^aland of which I, Paul, became a minister.