Ephesians 2:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“and I will heal them.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Rom 3:23-30 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. 26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith! 28 For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too! 30 Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
  • Col 1:13-14 : 13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
  • Col 1:20-22 : 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross– through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 21 Paul’s Goal in Ministry And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds, 22 but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him–
  • Heb 9:18 : 18 So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 2:16-17 : 16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
  • Eph 2:19-22 : 19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
  • Eph 3:5-8 : 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit), 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Acts 15:14 : 14 Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
  • Acts 22:21 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
  • Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.” 10 And again it says:“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” 11 And again,“Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.” 12 And again Isaiah says,“The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away– look, what is new has come!
  • 2 Cor 5:20-21 : 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
  • Isa 60:4 : 4 Look all around you! They all gather and come to you– your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.
  • Isa 66:19 : 19 I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations– to Tarshish, Pul, Lud(known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say,‘Our ancestors had nothing but false gods– worthless idols that could not help them at all.
  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.
  • Ps 73:27 : 27 Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.
  • Isa 24:15-16 : 15 So in the east extol the LORD, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the LORD God of Israel. 16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs– the Just One is majestic. But I say,“I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!”
  • Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north,‘Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
  • Isa 49:12 : 12 Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eph 2:14-19
    6 verses
    79%

    14For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

    15when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,

    16and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

    17And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

    18so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

    19So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

  • Eph 2:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11New Life Corporately Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh– who are called“uncircumcision” by the so-called“circumcision” that is performed on the body by human hands–

    12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Col 1:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross– through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

    21Paul’s Goal in Ministry And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

    22but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him–

  • Col 2:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.

    14He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

  • Eph 2:1
    74%

    1New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

  • Eph 2:3-8
    6 verses
    73%

    3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…

    4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

    5even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–

    6and he raised us up together with him and seated us together with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

    7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

    8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

  • Col 2:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

    11In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

  • Col 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

    14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
    72%

    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

  • Eph 1:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

    7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace

  • Gal 3:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

    27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

  • 1 Pet 1:19
    71%

    19but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
    71%

    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Rom 5:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath.

    10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

  • Eph 5:8
    70%

    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • 1 Pet 2:10
    70%

    10You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

  • Heb 10:19
    69%

    19Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

  • Col 3:7
    69%

    7You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

  • Col 3:11
    69%

    11Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

  • Rom 3:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

    25God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

  • Col 1:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

    27God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

  • Eph 3:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5(which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

    6namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 13:39
    68%

    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

  • Eph 3:12
    68%

    12in whom we have boldness and confident access to God by way of Christ’s faithfulness.

  • 2 Cor 5:17
    68%

    17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away– look, what is new has come!

  • Rom 8:9
    67%

    9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.

  • Eph 1:20
    67%

    20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

  • Gal 4:7
    67%

    7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.