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One in Christ

Ephesians 2:13

In 9 translations

BSB
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
KJV
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
WEB
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
ASV
But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.
LSV
but now, in Christ Jesus, you being once far off became near in the blood of the Christ,
YLT
and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,
DBY
but now in Christ Jesus ye who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
DRC
But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
GNV
But nowe in Christ Iesus, ye which once were farre off, are made neere by the blood of Christ.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐγενήθητε elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐγενήθητε ἐγγὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐγενήθητε ἐγγὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθητε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
νυνὶ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἵ ποτε ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγενήθητε ἐγγὺς ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
RP2018
Νυνὶ δὲ ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθητε ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ χριστοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Νυνὶ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὑμεῖς οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μακρὰν ἐγγὺς ἐγενήθητε ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
SCR1894
νυνι δε εν χριστω ιησου υμεις οι ποτε οντες μακραν εγγυς εγενηθητε εν τω αιματι του χριστου

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  • Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  • Colossians 1:20–22and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging…
  • Colossians 1:13–14He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
  • Ephesians 2:19–22Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the…
  • 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. 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.
  • Isaiah 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
  • Romans 3:23–30for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in…
  • Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
  • Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
  • Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  • Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  • Ephesians 2:16–17and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
  • 1 Peter 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without…

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