Ephesians 2:13

New Century Version

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away from God are brought near through the blood of Christ’s death.

Cross References

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.”

Isaiah 57:19

I will give peace, real peace, to those far and near, and I will heal them,” says the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:11

In the past, some of you were like that, but you were washed clean. You were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Isaiah 43:6

I will tell the north: Give my people to me. I will tell the south: Don’t keep my people in prison. Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from faraway places.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with the blood of your death you bought people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy by believing in me.’

Ephesians 2:12

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.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins. How rich is God’s grace,

Galatians 3:28

In Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek, slave and free person, male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:17

If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new!

Isaiah 66:19

“I will put a mark on some of the people, and I will send some of these saved people to the nations: to Tarshish, Libya, Lud (the land of archers), Tubal, Greece, and all the faraway lands. These people have never heard about what I have done nor seen my glory. So the saved people will tell the nations about my glory.

Psalm 22:7

Those who look at me laugh. They stick out their tongues and shake their heads.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

Hebrews 9:18

This is why even the first agreement could not begin without blood to show death.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

Romans 8:1

So now, those who are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty.

Acts 22:21

But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the other nations.’ ”

Acts 15:14

Simon has told us how God showed his love for those people. For the first time he is accepting from among them a people to be his own.

Isaiah 60:9

People in faraway lands are waiting for me. The great trading ships will come first, bringing your children from faraway lands, and with them silver and gold. This will honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, who does wonderful things for you.

Isaiah 60:4

“Look around you. People are gathering and coming to you. Your sons are coming from far away, and your daughters are coming with them.

Isaiah 49:12

Look, people are coming to me from far away, from the north and from the west, from Aswan in southern Egypt.”

Isaiah 11:10

At that time the new king from the family of Jesse will stand as a banner for all peoples. The nations will come together around him, and the place where he lives will be filled with glory.

Psalm 73:27

Those who are far from God will die; you destroy those who are unfaithful.

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.

1 Corinthians 12:13

Some of us are Jews, and some are Greeks. Some of us are slaves, and some are free. But we were all baptized into one body through one Spirit. And we were all made to share in the one Spirit.

Ephesians 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle because that is what God wanted. To God’s holy people living in Ephesus, believers in Christ Jesus:

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past you lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

Ephesians 2:6

And he raised us up with Christ and gave us a seat with him in the heavens. He did this for those in Christ Jesus

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.