⁶ ‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord is of the flock, whether male or female, ^(A)he shall offer it without blemish.

Trained by Saving Grace

¹¹ For ^(A)the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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

Christ Our Peace

¹⁴ For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, ¹⁵ having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one ^(A)new man from the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and that He might ^(B)reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby ^(C)putting to death the enmity. ¹⁷ And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. ¹⁸ For ^(D)through Him we both have access ^(E)by one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

¹⁹ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, ²⁰ having been ^(F)built ^(G)on the foundation of the ^(H)apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being ^(I)the chief cornerstone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into ^(J)a holy temple in the Lord, ^22 (K)in whom you also are being built together for a ^(L)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

¹⁰ that in the dispensation of ^(A)the fullness of the times ^(B)He might gather together in one ^(C)all things in Christ, ^[a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

⁴ But ^(A)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, ^(B)born^{[a] (C)}of a woman, ^(D)born under the law,