Reading for February 4th

Read Ephesians 2.11-22
In verses 11-22: Jews and gentiles are reconciled to God in the body of Christ.
In verse 12: Aliens, those without knowledge (Co1. 1.21).
In verse 13: The far off ... brought near (also 2.17), possibly drawn from Isa 57.19.
Inverse 14: Dividing wall, possibly the Temple barrier separating the court of the gentiles from the parts of the Temple open only to Jews.
In verse 18: Access, the right of approach, as if to a king (3.12).
In verse 19: Household of God: For the patriarchal writer, God is father over the social relations in the believers' family (1.3, 17; 2.18; 3.14; 4.6; 5.20; 6.23).
In verse 20: Paul speaks of Christ as the foundation (1 Cor 3.10-15), but not apostles and prophets.
Cornerstone or keystone,a messianic term (Isa 28.16, perhaps Ps 118.21-23).
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