Ephesians 2:13
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13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is to you and (A)to your children, and (B)to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
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Colossians 1:20-22
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20 and (A)by Him to reconcile (B)all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, (C)having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, (D)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind (E)by wicked works, yet now He has (F)reconciled 22 (G)in the body of His flesh through death, (H)to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—
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Colossians 1:13-14
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13 He has delivered us from (A)the power of darkness (B)and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 (C)in whom we have redemption [b]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
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- Colossians 1:13 transferred
- Colossians 1:14 NU, M omit through His blood
Ephesians 2:19-22
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Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been (A)built (B)on the foundation of the (C)apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being (D)the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into (E)a holy temple in the Lord, 22 (F)in whom you also are being built together for a (G)dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
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Isaiah 57:19
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19 “I create (A)the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace (B)to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the (A)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Ephesians 2:16-17
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16 and that He might (A)reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby (B)putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Romans 3:23-30
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23 for (A)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified [a]freely (B)by His grace (C)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth (D)as a [b]propitiation (E)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (F)the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 (G)Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude (H)that a man is [c]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since (I)there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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- Romans 3:24 without any cost
- Romans 3:25 mercy seat
- Romans 3:28 declared righteous
Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
Revelation 5:9
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9 And (A)they sang a new song, saying:
(B)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And (C)have redeemed us to God (D)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Ephesians 2:12
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12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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