13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
13 Now because of Christ - dying that death, shedding that blood - you who were once out of it altogether are in on everything.
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
13 But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 2:13
Commentary on Ephesians 2:11-13
(Read Ephesians 2:11-13)
Christ and his covenant are the foundation of all the Christian's hopes. A sad and terrible description is here; but who is able to remove himself out of it? Would that this were not a true description of many baptized in the name of Christ. Who can, without trembling, reflect upon the misery of a person, separated for ever from the people of God, cut off from the body of Christ, fallen from the covenant of promise, having no hope, no Saviour, and without any God but a God of vengeance, to all eternity? To have no part in Christ! What true Christian can hear this without horror? Salvation is far from the wicked; but God is a help at hand to his people; and this is by the sufferings and death of Christ.