¹⁸ And when they heard this, they ^[a]quieted down and ^(A)glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the ^(B)repentance that leads to life.”

⁹ and ^(A)He made no distinction between us and them, ^(B)cleansing their hearts by faith.

¹² remember that you were at that time without Christ, ^(A)alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to ^(B)the covenants of promise, having ^(C)no hope and ^(D)without God in the world. ¹³ But now in ^(E)Christ Jesus you who ^(F)formerly were ^(G)far off ^[a]have ^(H)been brought near ^(I)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For He Himself is ^(J)our peace, ^(K)who made both groups one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition

⁶ that the Gentiles are ^(A)fellow heirs and ^(B)fellow members of the body, and ^(C)fellow partakers of the promise in ^(D)Christ Jesus through the gospel,

¹¹ a renewal in which ^(A)there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, ^(B)circumcised and uncircumcised, ^[a](C)barbarian, Scythian, ^(D)slave, and freeman, but ^(E)Christ is all and in all.