²⁹ But a Jew is one ^(A)inwardly, and ^(B)circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^(C)His praise is not from man but from God.

¹⁶ That is why it depends on faith, ^(A)in order that the promise may rest on grace and ^(B)be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, ^(C)who is the father of us all,

¹² remember ^(A)that you were at that time separated from Christ, ^(B)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^(C)the covenants of promise, ^(D)having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^(E)far off have been brought near ^(F)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For ^(G)he himself is our peace, ^(H)who has made us both one and has broken down ^(I)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵ by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^(J)ordinances, that he might create in himself one ^(K)new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶ and might ^(L)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ¹⁷ And he came and ^(M)preached peace to you who were ^(N)far off and peace to those who were ^(O)near. ¹⁸ For ^(P)through him we both have ^(Q)access in ^(R)one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer ^(S)strangers and aliens,^[a] but you are ^(T)fellow citizens with the saints and ^(U)members of the household of God,