Ephesians 2:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you did not know about the agreements with the promises that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Cross References

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.

Colossians 1:21

At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, because the evil you did was against him.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—those who have no hope.

Ephesians 4:18

They have no understanding, and they know nothing because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Ezekiel 37:26

And I will make a peace agreement with them. This agreement will continue forever. I agree to give them their land. I agree to make them numerous and to put my holy place among them forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Don’t let your sexual desires control you like the people who don’t know God.

John 15:5

“I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won’t be able to do anything.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he says something, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. So these two things are a great help to us who have come to God for safety. They encourage us to hold on to the hope that is ours.

Romans 9:8

This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those who become God’s children because of the promise he made to Abraham.

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God. And they were without a teaching priest, and without the law.

1 Peter 3:15

But keep the Lord Christ holy in your hearts. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have.

Acts 28:20

That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel.”

Acts 3:25

And what those prophets talked about is for you, their descendants. You have received the agreement that God made with your fathers. God said to your father Abraham, ‘Every nation on earth will be blessed through your descendants.’

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel. You are like a spring of living water. Those who stop following the Lord will have a very short life.

Genesis 15:18

So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

1 John 3:3

He is pure, and everyone who has this hope in him keeps themselves pure like Christ.

1 Peter 1:21

You believe in God through Christ. God is the one who raised him from death and gave honor to him. So your faith and your hope are in God.

Hebrews 11:34

And some were able to stop blazing fires. Others escaped from being killed with swords. Some who were weak were made strong. They became powerful in battle and defeated other armies.

1 Timothy 1:1

Greetings from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

We pray that the Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father will comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us and gave us through his grace a wonderful hope and comfort that has no end.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know just how rich and glorious that truth is. That secret truth, which is for all people, is that Christ lives in you, his people. He is our hope for glory.

Colossians 1:5

Your faith and love continue because you know what is waiting for you in heaven—the hope you have had since you first heard the true message, the Good News

John 10:16

I have other sheep too. They are not in this flock here. I must lead them also. They will listen to my voice. In the future there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 4:22

You Samaritans worship something you don’t understand. We Jews understand what we worship, since salvation comes from the Jews.

Luke 1:72

God said he would show mercy to our fathers, and he remembered his holy agreement.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way the people of Israel will continue many days without a king or a leader. They will be without a sacrifice or a memorial stone. They will be without an ephod or a household god.

Ezekiel 13:9

“I will punish those prophets whose visions are false and who lie about the future. I will remove them from my people. Their names will not be in the list of the family of Israel. They will never again come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD!

Jeremiah 14:8

God, you are the hope of Israel! You save Israel in times of trouble. But now it seems like you are a stranger in the land, like a traveler who only stays one night.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing.

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord is the king of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful is the one who will set Israel free. And he says, “I am the only God. There are no other gods. I am the Beginning and the End.

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other family leaders of Israel answered, “No, you people cannot help us build a temple for our God. Only we can build the Temple for the Lord. He is the God of Israel. This is what King Cyrus of Persia commanded us to do.”

Numbers 18:19

I, the Lord, give you everything that the people offer as holy gifts. This is your share. I give it to you and your sons and daughters. This law will continue forever. It is an agreement with the Lord that cannot be broken. I make this promise to you and to your descendants.”

Isaiah 61:5

Then your enemies will come to care for your sheep, and their children will work in your fields and in your gardens.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will again show his love to Jacob. He will again choose the people of Israel. He will give them their land. Then the non-Israelites will join the Israelites, and both will become one family—Jacob’s family.

Ezekiel 47:22

You will divide it as a property for yourselves and for the foreigners who live among you and who have had children among you. These foreigners will be residents—they will be like natural born Israelites. You will divide some land for them among the tribes of Israel.

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Ephesians 2:19

So now you non-Jewish people are not visitors or strangers, but you are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family.

Hebrews 8:6

But the work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to those priests. In the same way, the new agreement that Jesus brought from God to his people is much greater than the old one. And the new agreement is based on better promises.