¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;^(A)

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.^(A)

¹⁴ For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us,^(A)