Ephesians 2:13 Cross References

Ephesians 2:13

13: But now you belong to Christ Jesus. Though you once were far away from God, now you have been brought near to him because of the blood of Christ.

Acts 2:39

  1. This promise is to you and to your children, and even to the Gentiles--all who have been called by the Lord our God."

Colossians 1:20

  1. and by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of his blood on the cross.
  2. This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions,
  3. yet now he has brought you back as his friends. He has done this through his death on the cross in his own human body. As a result, he has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

Colossians 1:13

  1. For he has rescued us from the one who rules in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.
  2. God has purchased our freedom with his blood and has forgiven all our sins.

Isaiah 57:19

  1. Then words of praise will be on their lips. May they have peace, both near and far, for I will heal them all," says the LORD.

Isaiah 43:6

  1. and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.

Acts 26:18

  1. to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'

Ephesians 2:19

  1. So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family.
  2. We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
  3. We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
  4. Through him you Gentiles are also joined together as part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

Revelation 5:9

  1. And they sang a new song with these words: "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were killed, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Romans 3:23

  1. For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard.
  2. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.
  3. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
  4. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.
  5. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith.

Ephesians 3:5

  1. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
  2. And this is the secret plan: The Gentiles have an equal share with the Jews in all the riches inherited by God's children. Both groups have believed the Good News, and both are part of the same body and enjoy together the promise of blessings through Christ Jesus.
  3. By God's special favor and mighty power, I have been given the wonderful privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
  4. Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.

Ephesians 2:16

  1. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
  2. He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and to us Jews who were near.

2 Corinthians 5:17

  1. What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

Ephesians 1:7

  1. He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven.

Ephesians 2:12

  1. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

1 Corinthians 6:11

  1. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

Isaiah 66:19

  1. I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

Psalms 73:27

  1. But those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

Isaiah 49:12

  1. See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. "

1 Peter 1:18

  1. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.
  2. He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

Hebrews 9:18

  1. That is why blood was required under the first covenant as a proof of death.

Acts 15:14

  1. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself.

Isaiah 60:9

  1. They are the ships of Tarshish, reserved to bring the people of Israel home. They will bring their wealth with them, and it will bring great honor to the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he will fill you with splendor.

Isaiah 11:10

  1. In that day the heir to David's throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world. The nations will rally to him, for the land where he lives will be a glorious place.

1 Peter 3:18

  1. Christ also suffered when he died for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners that he might bring us safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:30

  1. God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made Christ to be wisdom itself. He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.

Galatians 3:28

  1. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:20

  1. We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"
  2. For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Romans 5:9

  1. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's judgment.
  2. For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.

Jeremiah 16:19

  1. LORD, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, "Our ancestors were foolish, for they worshiped worthless idols.

Psalms 22:7

  1. Everyone who sees me mocks me. They sneer and shake their heads, saying,

Romans 8:1

  1. So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 24:15

  1. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the coastlands of the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. Listen to them as they sing to the LORD from the ends of the earth. Hear them singing praises to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. I am discouraged, for evil still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.

Romans 15:8

  1. Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.
  2. And he came so the Gentiles might also give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: "I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your name."
  3. And in another place it is written, "Rejoice, O you Gentiles, along with his people, the Jews."
  4. And yet again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you people of the earth."
  5. And the prophet Isaiah said, "The heir to David's throne will come, and he will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hopes on him."

Isaiah 60:4

  1. "Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.

Acts 22:21

  1. "But the Lord said to me, 'Leave Jerusalem, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"
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