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NASB | Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:13 But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
Subject: Nothing but the Blood of Jesus |
Bible Note: Hi, Meta... Our feelings about orthodoxy/orthopraxy are not of any persuasive value. We live by the Word, not our emotions. What is even less persuasive are scripture citations that are out of context. You may disagree with Ryle and Dever, but you will need to argue with a right handling of the Word in order to change an opinion. Indeed, mishandling the Word is worse than failing to use the Word at all. On the other hand, you will find a lot more folks to be unified with that way. :-) A good place to start relative to Ephesians 4 is to understand the doctrine in the first three chapters of Ephesians. Then look again at the imperatives of Ephesians 4 in the context of the purposes and means provided explicitly in that chapter. As the old aphorism goes, "Every text without a context is a pretext." In Him, Doc |