15. emptying the law of commandments by decree, so that he might join these two, in himself, into one new man, making peace
16. and reconciling both to God, in one body, through the cross, destroying this opposition in himself.
17. And upon arriving, he evangelized peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near.
18. For by him, we both have access, in the one Spirit, to the Father.
19. Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,
20. having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.
21. In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.
22. In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.