BROUGHT NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST

 

13 Now in Christ you who once were Far Away

Have been brought Near by the Blood of Christ.

14 For He Himself is our Peace,

Who has made the Two Groups (Jews and Gentiles) One

And has Destroyed the Barrier,

The Dividing Wall of Hostility,

15 By Setting Aside in His Flesh the Law

With its Commands and Regulations.

His Purpose was to Create in Himself

One New Humanity out of the Two,

Thus making Peace,

16 And in One Body

To Reconcile both of them to God

Through the cross,

By which He Put to Death their Hostility.

17 He came and Preached Peace to you

Who were Far Away

And Peace to those who were Near.

18 For through Him we both have Access to the Father

BY ONE SPIRIT.

(Ephesians 2:13-18, NIV)