2:19
So the Gentile Christians were no longer “strangers and aliens”, they were no longer separated from God. Instead they are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household. The Gentiles needed to know and believe this, knowing that there was no way in which they were second class citizens. The Jews needed to know and believe this so that they would know that the Gentile believers were their brothers and sisters.
2:20
All this was built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Prophets here are presumably the Old Testament prophets. In the Old Testament prophets, with Isaiah being the prime example, it is clear that the kingdom of God goes way beyond the confines of Israel. The apostles preached the gospel, first to Jerusalem, then to the Gentile world. And in all this Jesus is the cornerstone, everything is built around Him, is held together by Him, depends upon Him.
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