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time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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But now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
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For he is our peace, who
hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition
between us;
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Having
abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even
the law of commandments
contained
in ordinances; for to
make in himself of twain one new man,
so
making peace;
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And that he might reconcile both unto
God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
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And came and preached peace
to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
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For through him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father.
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Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
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And are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone;
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In whom all the
building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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In whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
CHAPTER 3
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
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If ye have heard of the
dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to youward:
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How that by revelation he made
known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
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Whereby, when ye read, ye may
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
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Which in other ages was not made known
unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
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That
the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ
by the gospel:
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Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given
unto me by the effectual working of his power.
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Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints,
is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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And
to make all
men
see what
is
the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world
hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
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To the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly
places
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom
of God,
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According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
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In whom
we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
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Wherefore I desire that ye faint
not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
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For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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That he
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man;
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded
in love,
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May be able to comprehend with all saints what
is
the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height;
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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God.
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