Ephesians 2:8-22

8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not from yourselves—it is the gift of God.

9It is not based on deeds, so that no one may boast.

10For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.

11Therefore, keep in mind that once you—Gentiles in the flesh—were called “uncircumcision” by those called “circumcision” (which is performed on flesh by hand).

12At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13But now in Messiah Yeshua, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

14For He is our shalom, the One who made the two into one and broke down the middle wall of separation. Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility—

15the law code of mitzvot contained in regulations. He did this in order to create within Himself one new man from the two groups, making shalom,

16and to reconcile both to God in one body through the cross—by which He put the hostility to death.

17And He came and proclaimed shalom to you who were far away and shalom to those who were near—

18for through Him we both have access to the Father by the same Ruach.

19So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.

20You have been built on the foundation made up of the emissaries and prophets, with Messiah Yeshua Himself being the cornerstone.

21In Him the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple for the Lord.

22In Him, you also are being built together into God’s dwelling place in the Ruach.