¹⁹ Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,^(A) that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, ²⁰ and that he may send the Messiah,^(B) who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.

³² For God has bound everyone over to disobedience^(A) so that he may have mercy on them all.

¹⁰ these are the things God has revealed^(A) to us by his Spirit.^(B)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

⁴ But because of his great love for us,^(A) God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.^{(C) 6} And God raised us up with Christ^(D) and seated us with him^(E) in the heavenly realms^(F) in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,^(G) expressed in his kindness^(H) to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by grace^(I) you have been saved,^(J) through faith^(K)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works,^(L) so that no one can boast.^{(M) 10} For we are God’s handiwork,^(N) created^(O) in Christ Jesus to do good works,^(P) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

¹¹ Therefore, remember that formerly^(Q) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)^(R)— ¹² remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners^(S) to the covenants of the promise,^(T) without hope^(U) and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once^(V) were far away have been brought near^(W) by the blood of Christ.^(X)

¹⁴ For he himself is our peace,^(Y) who has made the two groups one^(Z) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵ by setting aside in his flesh^(AA) the law with its commands and regulations.^(AB) His purpose was to create in himself one^(AC) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(AD) by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷ He came and preached peace^(AE) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^{(AF) 18} For through him we both have access^(AG) to the Father^(AH) by one Spirit.^(AI)

¹⁹ Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(AJ) but fellow citizens^(AK) with God’s people and also members of his household,^{(AL) 20} built^(AM) on the foundation^(AN) of the apostles and prophets,^(AO) with Christ Jesus himself^(AP) as the chief cornerstone.^{(AQ) 21} In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^(AR) in the Lord. ²² And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(AS)