Ephesians 2:11-17

11Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves “the circumcised” because of what they had done to their bodies called you “the uncircumcised.”

12Also, at that time you were without Christ. You were excluded from citizenship in Israel, and the pledges  ⌞God made in his⌟ promise were foreign to you. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

13But now through Christ Jesus you, who were once far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14So he is our peace. In his body he has made Jewish and non-Jewish people one by breaking down the wall of hostility that kept them apart.

15He brought an end to the commandments and demands found in Moses’ Teachings so that he could take Jewish and non-Jewish people and create one new humanity in himself. So he made peace.

16He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.

17He came with the Good News of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near.