Ephesians 2:17

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Ephesians 2:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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