But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himse
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord
bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daug
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to th
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blo
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, a
which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles an
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Ch
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the a
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to de
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises mad
Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters wi
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest w
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with thei
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.