¹⁵ For ^(A)neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but ^(B)a new creation. ¹⁶ And as for all who walk by this rule, ^(C)peace and mercy be upon them, and upon ^(D)the Israel of God.

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

¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(A)strangers and aliens,^[a] but you are ^(B)fellow citizens with the saints and ^(C)members of the household of God, ^20 (D)built on the foundation of the ^(E)apostles and prophets, ^(F)Christ Jesus himself being ^(G)the cornerstone,