Remember that you used to be separated from Christ. You weren’t considered to be citizens of Israel, and so you didn’t have a share in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.
They gossip and lie about other people, and they hate God. They’re rude and arrogant. They brag about themselves. They keep thinking of new ways to do wrong. They don’t honor their parents.
You unfaithful people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
Through his body on the cross, Christ set aside the law with all its commands and rules. He did this so he could create one new people out of both Jews and Gentiles. He wanted to make peace between them