Ephesians 2:19-22
Chapter 2
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Now you are no longer strangers or guests, but fellow citizens of the holy people; you are of God’s household. You are the house,
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whose foundations are the apostles and prophets, and whose cornerstone is Christ Jesus.
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In him, the entire structure is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
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In him, you too are being built to become a dwelling place for God.
Commentaries
Unity Through Christ.
This passage is the foundational statement of unity and reconciliation, a matter of utmost urgency and relevance for Christians today as well. If no one previously had a monopoly on sin, since we were all stuck in the same mess, no one now has a monopoly on salvation, because it does not depend on rites, laws, privileges of blood or race, or personal merits, but is a gift from God. Paul views this new humanity in the Church as the community of those who know, believe, live, and proclaim to the nations the Good News that the world has been and is being saved by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.