Bible Strands
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Ephesian church, addressing Gentile believers who were formerly outside the covenant community. This verse is the pivot between their prior alienation (v. 12) and the peace Christ has made (v. 14).
The words — νυνὶ (nuni, "now") stands in direct contrast to ποτε (pote, "once"), marking a decisive break rather than a gradual improvement.
The thread — Acts 2:39 extends the promise to "all who are far off," and Colossians 1:20 frames the same movement as reconciliation through peace.
Why it lands — The verse is a declaration, not an invitation: it states that the distance has already been closed, and the cost was the blood of Christ.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:39 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 Himself.”
- Colossians 1:20 and 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.
- Colossians 1:13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 And 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 57:19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Isaiah 43:6 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 daughters from the ends of the earth—
- Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- Acts 26:18 to 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.’
- Ephesians 2:12 remember 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.