The author continues by saying that God “has made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4-5). The author affirms that God's mercy is a gift “not of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). The audience was previously “far away” but has since been “brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). The author speaks of the “Law of commandments which are in ordinances” (Ephesians 2:15). He speaks of the audience now being part of “the house of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets” (Ephesians 2:19-20). In summary of Ephesians chapter 2, the author speaks of the knowledge of what is right, God's gift of mercy, the Law, and God's foundation for building knowledge of Him and His Son through the apostles and