Ephesians 2:17

World English Bible (2000)

He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.

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  • Ps 148:14 : 14 He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
  • Eph 2:13-14 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
  • Deut 4:7 : 7 For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
  • Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says Yahweh; "and I will heal them." 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
  • Zech 9:10 : 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
  • Matt 10:13 : 13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."
  • Luke 10:9-9 : 9 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
  • Luke 15:5-6 : 5 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
  • Ps 75:1 : 1 We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
  • Ps 76:1-2 : 1 In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. 2 His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
  • Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
  • Isa 27:5 : 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me."
  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

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

    13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

    14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

    15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

    16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

  • Eph 2:18-19
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    18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

    19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

  • Col 1:20-22
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    20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

    21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

    22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,

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    13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

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  • Acts 10:36-37
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  • 2 Cor 5:18-20
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    18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

    19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

    20 We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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    1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

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    1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    38 Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

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    10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

  • Eph 4:8-10
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    23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

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    30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

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    1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

  • 2 Thess 1:2
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    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 1:20
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    20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

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    2 Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Col 1:14
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    14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

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    3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Thess 3:16
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    19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

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    3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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