Ephesians 2:13
New Living Translation
13 But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.
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Ephesians 2:13
New International Version
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once(A) were far away have been brought near(B) by the blood of Christ.(C)
Acts 2:39
New Living Translation
39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away[a]—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”
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- 2:39 Or and to people far in the future, or and to the Gentiles.
Acts 2:39
New International Version
39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
Colossians 1:20-22
New Living Translation
20 and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
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Colossians 1:20-22
New International Version
20 and through him to reconcile(A) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,(B) by making peace(C) through his blood,(D) shed on the cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies(E) in your minds(F) because of[a] your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled(G) you by Christ’s physical body(H) through death to present you(I) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation(J)—
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- Colossians 1:21 Or minds, as shown by
Colossians 1:13-14
New Living Translation
13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom[a] and forgave our sins.
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- 1:14 Some manuscripts add with his blood.
Ephesians 2:19-22
New Living Translation
A Temple for the Lord
19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. 20 Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. 21 We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
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Ephesians 2:19-22
New International Version
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(A) but fellow citizens(B) with God’s people and also members of his household,(C) 20 built(D) on the foundation(E) of the apostles and prophets,(F) with Christ Jesus himself(G) as the chief cornerstone.(H) 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(I) in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.(J)
Isaiah 57:19
New Living Translation
19 bringing words of praise to their lips.
May they have abundant peace, both near and far,”
says the Lord, who heals them.
Isaiah 57:19
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Isaiah 43:6
New Living Translation
6 I will say to the north and south,
‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel
from the distant corners of the earth.
Isaiah 43:6
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Ephesians 2:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
17 He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.
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Ephesians 2:16-17
New International Version
16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(A) by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace(B) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.(C)
1 Corinthians 6:11
New Living Translation
11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
New International Version
11 And that is what some of you were.(A) But you were washed,(B) you were sanctified,(C) you were justified(D) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Romans 3:23-30
New Living Translation
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.
27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. 28 So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. 30 There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.[a]
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- 3:30 Greek whether they are circumcised or uncircumcised.
Romans 3:23-30
New International Version
23 for all have sinned(A) and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified(B) freely by his grace(C) through the redemption(D) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](E) through the shedding of his blood(F)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(G)— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting?(H) It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.(I) 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,(J) 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(K)
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- Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).
Acts 26:18
New Living Translation
18 to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’
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Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes(A) and turn them from darkness to light,(B) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(C) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(D)
Revelation 5:9
New Living Translation
9 And they sang a new song with these words:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and break its seals and open it.
For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Ephesians 2:12
New Living Translation
12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
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Ephesians 2:12
New International Version
12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(A) to the covenants of the promise,(B) without hope(C) and without God in the world.
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