Ephesians 2:12

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 15:18

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

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God and without a priest to teach them and without the teachings.

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the leaders of Israel answered, “You will not help us build a Temple to our God. We will build it ourselves for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us to do.”

Exodus 12:45

But neither a person who lives for a short time in your country nor a hired worker may eat it.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will show mercy to the people of Jacob, and he will again choose the people of Israel. He will settle them in their own land. Then non-Israelite people will join the Israelites and will become a part of the family of Jacob.

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord, the king of Israel, is the Lord All-Powerful, who saves Israel. This is what he says: “I am the beginning and the end. I am the only God.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who have escaped from other nations, gather together and come before me; come near together. People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing. They pray to a god who cannot save them.

Isaiah 61:5

My people, foreigners will come to tend your sheep. People from other countries will tend your fields and vineyards.

Jeremiah 14:8

God, the Hope of Israel, you have saved Israel in times of trouble. Why are you like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who only stays one night?

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.

Ezekiel 13:9

I will punish the prophets who see false visions and prophesy lies. They will have no place among my people. Their names will not be written on the list of the people of Israel, and they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.

Ezekiel 37:26

I will make an agreement of peace with them, an agreement that continues forever. I will put them in their land and make them grow in number. Then I will put my Temple among them forever.

Ezekiel 47:22

You will divide it as family property for yourselves and for the foreigners who live and have children among you. You are to treat these foreigners the same as people born in Israel; they are to share the land with the tribes of Israel.

Hosea 3:4

In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without sacrifices or holy stone pillars, and without the holy vest or an idol.

Numbers 18:19

Anything the Israelites present as holy gifts I, the Lord, give to you, your sons and daughters as your continual portion. This is a lasting agreement of salt before the Lord for you and your children forever.”

Luke 1:72

He said he would give mercy to our ancestors and that he would remember his holy promise.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that are not in this flock, and I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 15:5

“I am the vine, and you are the branches. If any remain in me and I remain in them, they produce much fruit. But without me they can do nothing.

John 4:22

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

Acts 2:39

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

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

You are descendants of the prophets. You have received the agreement God made with your ancestors. He said to your father Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.’

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 God made to Abraham.

Galatians 4:8

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

Ephesians 2:19

Now you who are not Jewish are not foreigners or strangers any longer, but are citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong to God’s family.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Colossians 1:21

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

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.

Colossians 1:5

You have this faith and love because of your hope, and what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the message about the truth, the Good News

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those Christians who have died so you will not be sad, as others who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Don’t use your body for sexual sin like the people who do not know God.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us, and through his grace he gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues forever.

1 Timothy 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope.

Hebrews 11:34

They stopped great fires and were saved from being killed with swords. They were weak, and yet were made strong. They were powerful in battle and defeated other armies.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

Hebrews 8:6

But the priestly work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to the other 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 promises of better things.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Christ you believe in God, who raised Christ from the dead and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 Peter 3:15

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

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.