That ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus *ye* who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ. For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure, having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might form the two in himself into one new man, making peace; Ephesians 2:12-15
Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ from among [the] dead, 1 Peter 1:3
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Ephesians 2:12-14, 1 Peter 1:3Father, Thy sovereign love has sought
Acts 2:39, Luke 15:13Captives to sin, gone far from Thee;
Acts 2:22, John 8:36The work that Thine own Son hath wrought
Ephesians 2:14, John 8:36Has brought us back in peace, and free.
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Romans 8:14, Galatians 4:6And now, as sons before Thy face,
Hebrews 2:10, Romans 4:12With joyful steps the path we tread,
John 17:24, John 14:2Which leads us on to that blest place
John 17:24, John 14:2Prepared for us by Christ our Head.
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John 17:11, Jude 1:24O keep us, Love divine, near Thee,
2 Corinthians 3:5, James 4:6That we our nothingness mayknow,
Ephesians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 10:31And ever to Thy glory be
2 John 1:4, Romans 4:12Walking in faith while here below.