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Scripture Context
Ephesians 2:18 - Ephesians 3:5
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord;
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Ephesians 3
Intro: Mystery of the gospel -- The family (kingdom) in heaven and on earth -- The love of Christ.
1 For this cause, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ among you Gentiles.
2 For the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you- ward;
3 As ye have heard that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery of Christ; as I wrote before in few words;
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;