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Ephesians 2:13

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11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

15 by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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BSB
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
KJV
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
WEB
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
ASV
But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
DARBY
but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
BLB
But now in Christ Jesus you⁺, the ones once being far off, became near by the blood of Christ.
ÅB
men nå, i Kristus Jesus, er dere som før i tiden var langt borte, kommet nær til ved Kristi blod.
OTB
Men nå, ved Kristus Jesus, er dere som en gang var langt borte, blitt brakt nær ved Hans blod som et offer.
B1930
men nu, i Kristus Jesus, er I som fordum var langt borte, kommet nær til ved Kristi blod.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 2:39

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

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  • Colossians 1:20–22

    and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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  • Colossians 1:13–14

    He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

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  • Ephesians 2:19–22

    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:11

    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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  • Isaiah 57:19

    bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

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  • Romans 3:23–30

    for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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  • Isaiah 43:6

    I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

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