13. and you were far from God. But Christ offered his life's blood as a sacrifice and brought you near God.
14. Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body
15. to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace.
16. On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peace between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body.
17. Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God.
18. And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
19. You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God.
20. You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone.