Cross references

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13 BSB

Ephesians 2:13 has 35 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 2:39 (39 votes) and Colossians 1:20–22 (27 votes). 64 other verses point back to it. It links with 25 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 5.

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Which verses does Ephesians 2:13 point to?

The 20 strongest of 35, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 2:3939 votes

    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.”

  2. 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. Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds. …

  3. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

  4. Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. …

  5. 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.

  6. Isaiah 57:1913 votes

    bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

  7. Isaiah 43:612 votes

    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—

  8. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. …

  9. Acts 26:1811 votes

    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.’

  10. 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.

  11. And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

  12. and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

  13. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  14. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  15. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

  16. It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  17. which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. …

  18. Psalm 22:75 votes

Which verses point to Ephesians 2:13?

The 10 strongest of 64.