2:21
Paul is waxing lyrical on what is achieved in Christ. Those who were obsessed with the Jew-Gentile divide, on circumcision as a dividing line, look increasingly petty. In Christ God is building a beautiful structure. In Christ people are brought together, and they grow together “into a holy temple in the Lord”.
2:22
And all this applied directly to the Gentiles. They were being built together into this holy temple by the Lord. They were being built “into a dwelling place for God”. Notice the deeply trinitarian nature of all that Paul has been saying. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are inseparable. They are distinct, but they work together in perfect harmony, to achieve the one purpose. Whoever you are as a believer, you are fully accepted by God, and God want to dwell with you. He also wants to dwell with us. That is why unity is so important.
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