¹⁸ having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(A)blindness of their heart;

⁵¹ Then, behold, ^(A)the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,

Hold Fast Your Confession

¹⁹ Therefore, brethren, having ^(A)boldness^[a] to enter ^(B)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and ^(C)living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, ²¹ and having a High Priest over the house of God,

¹³ unlike Moses, ^(A)who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at ^(B)the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But ^(C)their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. ¹⁵ But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. ¹⁶ Nevertheless ^(D)when one turns to the Lord, ^(E)the veil is taken away. ¹⁷ Now ^(F)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^(G)liberty. ¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding ^(H)as in a mirror ^(I)the glory of the Lord, ^(J)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as ^[a]by the Spirit of the Lord.

The Gentiles Bless Zion

Walk in Light

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are ^(A)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

³⁰ Truly, ^(A)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but ^(B)now commands all men everywhere to repent,

²⁴ For ^(A)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are ^[a]copies of ^(B)the true, but into heaven itself, now ^(C)to appear in the presence of God for us;