Ephesians 2:13

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Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

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Romans 15:8

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remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our God will call to himself."

Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.

And he said to me, 'Go; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised to show God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

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and might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, by which he put to death the hostility.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

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

Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

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

We are therefore ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

This is why even the first covenant was not ratified without blood.

You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals; for you were slain, and with your blood purchased men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.