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translationWords
- en:tw:apostle
- en:tw:christ
- en:tw:cornerstone
- en:tw:gentile
- en:tw:god
- en:tw:prophet
- en:tw:setapart
- en:tw:temple
translationNotes
- you Gentiles are no longer strangers or foreigners, but instead you are fellow-citizens with those set apart for God, those who are members of God's family - This is describing the spiritual condition of Gentiles before and after they became believers in the same way as a non-citizen becomes a citizen of a nation. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- no longer strangers - "no longer outsiders".
- and foreigners - "and non-citizens"
- These are built upon the foundation... - Paul compare God's family to a building. Christ being the cornerstone, the apostles being the foundation, and the believers being the structure. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- the whole building of his family fits together and increases as a temple set apart for the Lord - Paul continues with the comparison of Christ's family to a building in the way a builder fits stones in the making a building so Christ is fitting us together.
- in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit - This describes how believers are being put together to become a place where God will permanently dwell in the Spirit just as a house is a dwelling place for people on earth.