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19 So now you non-Jews are not visitors or strangers. Now you are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family. 20 You believers are like a building that God owns. That building was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the most important stone[a] in that building. 21 That whole building is joined together in Christ. And Christ makes it grow and become a holy temple in the Lord.

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  1. 2:20 most important stone Literally, “cornerstone.” The first and most important stone in a building.

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