¹⁸ When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.”^(A)

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

¹² At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise,^(A) without hope^(B) and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood^(C) of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace, who made both groups one^(D) and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh,

⁶ The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners in the promise^(A) in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

¹¹ In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.^(A)