7. that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8. for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9. not of works, that no one would boast.
10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
11. Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands);
12. that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
15. having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
16. and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.
17. He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.