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6 That is, God raised us up with the Messiah Yeshua and seated us with him in heaven,
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order to exhibit in the ages to come how infinitely rich is his grace, how great is his kindness toward us who are united with the Messiah Yeshua.
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in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8 For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God's gift.
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
9 You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast.
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not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are of God's making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do.
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For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
11 Therefore, remember your former state: you Gentiles by birth - called the Uncircumcised by those who, merely because of an operation on their flesh, are called the Circumcised -
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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 at that time had no Messiah. You were estranged from the national life of Isra'el. You were foreigners to the covenants embodying God's promise. You were in this world without hope and without God.
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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 But now, you who were once far off have been brought near through the shedding of the Messiah's blood.
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But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our shalom - he has made us both one and has broken down the m'chitzah which divided us
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For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
15 by destroying in his own body the enmity occasioned by the Torah, with its commands set forth in the form of ordinances. He did this in order to create in union with himself from the two groups a single new humanity and thus make shalom,
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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 order to reconcile to God both in a single body by being executed on a stake as a criminal and thus in himself killing that enmity.
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and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
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