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He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
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All chapters Ephesians 2:17–22
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For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
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So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,
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Verse 19. You are no longer strangers with regard to God and his holy alliance. You are no longer travellers and vagabonds, without a God, as you were before your conversion; not knowing to whom you belonged, nor finding in paganism either solid foundation or truth, neither hopes for this nor consolation for future life. But now you are become citizens of the same city as the saints, and domestics of the house of God. Calmet.
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being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
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Verse 20. The Church is in this place said to be built upon the apostles and prophets; why not then upon Saint Peter?
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in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
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in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
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