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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that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been -- honour!

Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

I am saying to the north, 'Give up,' And to the south, 'Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.

Producing the fruit of the lips, 'Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported.

And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.

O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me.

And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

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and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,

having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,