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Ephesians 2:11-13

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11 But don't take any of this for granted. It was only yesterday that you outsiders to God's ways
11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—
12 had no idea of any of this, didn't know the first thing about the way God works, hadn't the faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing of that rich history of God's covenants and promises in Israel, hadn't a clue about what God was doing in the world at large.
12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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 away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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